*Theo*
Before I could do or say anything else, Ciana artfully avoided my half embrace and skittered away.
I remained speechless as I stood there, watching her run away from me again. My head tilted back and I closed my eyes.
She had been so close. I could still sense her warm presence in the air and I inhaled deeply to indulge myself in her enticing, waterlily scent a little longer.
However, that single word breathed out from her pink and alluring lips rang in my ears and was sharper than any knife. It sliced through my chest and left my heart throbbing helplessly.
***
It only took Alpha Black two days to arrive at the palace. I was waiting for him at the front doors before he could run into Ciana. We hadn't had a chance to fill him in on what she was going through.
“Alpha Black,"
