~Riya~

The door creaked open, spilling light into the cell that had been my world for days.

A tall guard stood in the doorway. “By order of the Alpha King,” he said flatly, “you’re to be released.”

I froze. “What?”

He didn’t repeat himself. He simply unlocked the chains from the wall and gestured for me to follow. My legs were weak, but I obeyed, although I was quite confused. Was it for the wedding?

The hallways of Darkmoon Castle were painfully bright after so long in the ...