Richard

Two days had passed since Luca had left on his mission, but I still hadn’t heard anything from him. With no news about my illegitimate half-brother, I was getting more anxious by the hour.

My sleep was restless. I kept having terrible thoughts and imagining worst-case scenarios. The most frightening was picturing my half-brother taking over my position as Alpha King. It had become a nightmare, haunting both my dreams and my waking hours.

The anxiety was eating me alive, and these two ...