Raya
"Valen," I repeated, my voice still shaky.
Alpha Valen leaned back, a wide grin in his face as he burst into laughter. I lay beside him on the grass, shaking my head as my face continued to warm. Who knew it would be so hard to say a name out loud?
"Say it like you mean it," he said when he finally stopped laughing. "It already sounds so sexy coming from you."
I giggled despite myself. "But why do I have to?" I tried to protest once more. He had insisted I call him by his name out of the blue. He had just come home from work, and after he freshened up, we met at our usual spot. We had picked the most secluded place in the palace grounds. Even the patrol group did not get this far during the night. We had begun to meet here almost every night. And it was perfect. At some point I b
