#Chapter 199: In Love with a Criminal

Alexander POV I sat in my office with an untouched cup of coffee in front of me, steam curling from the mug in lazy spirals. My laptop sat open but dark, its blank screen reflecting my hollow expression. I had work to do. There was always work to do. But I couldn’t focus. What I had just done was reckless. Foolish. God, August was going to kill me when he found out. He was the only one in my life who knew about my persona as the Ice King. I was always careful to keep that part of myself separate from my role as Alpha of the Black Rock Pack. I knew how dangerous my double life was—how many lives were at risk if I were ever exposed. It would devastate the pack. But more than that, it would cause mass panic. My identity as the biological child of the Northern Alpha King was kept secret for a reason. If people knew the power the Northern King held over the border packs... If my truth came to light, it could ignite a war. That wasn’t a risk I w