Chapter 91

I wanted to melt right there on the spot, my entire body freezing as my eyes widened. The way he spoke, so sharp, so certain, made it clear he meant every word. His breathing was rough, his chest rising and falling as he stared down at me, trying barely to hold back his anger. “For now, leave,” he ordered, his voice low but filled with restrained fury. I didn’t wait a second longer. I turned on my heels and ran, my heart pounding in my chest. No… it can’t be true. I can’t be mated to him. Rumors about Alpha Maurice flooded my mind, the whispers that he was far more ruthless than Bella ever was. That he kept the former Alpha, his own father, locked away in the mansion, trapped in a comatose state. They said the old Alpha was kept in the darkest part of the estate, hidden from everyone’s eyes, tended only by one maid who had signed a confidentiality agreement never to speak of what she saw. I shuddered, my breathing uneven as I reached the end of the corridor. I couldn’t believe it. Of a