The shouting woke me.

I jolted upright in the massive bed, my heart already racing before my mind fully caught up. For a confused second, I didn’t know where I was. The silk sheets, the warm fire, the softness beneath me—none of it made sense.

Then it all came crashing back. The border. The Alpha King. The mate bond snapping into place like a chain I couldn’t break.

And now, someone was shouting in the courtyard below.

“I DEMAND to see the Alpha King! By pack law, he must return our ...