LYRA’S POV

As soon as I left my father’s study, I decided to take a walk in the garden to clear my head. I don’t know why I was angry. I know Ryker had no intention of getting down with the Sophie girl and had seen right through her courtesy of the mate bond between us. Yet, I couldn’t help but feel angry that he was planning to follow through with investigating her.

To me, he was just paranoid. He was an impossible handsome Alpha, and a King for that matter, countless women were ...