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stal chandelier, its cold light reflecting across the unfamiliar room. The air was

and I was no longer i

the Forbidden Forest, the assassins, and the cold, pow

ately covered the injured area as I rushed toward the full-length mirro

Alpha's mark left by a stranger. My hea

pe through the forest had been carefully treated. Someone had saved me, but the thought

the mark on my neck, there were no ot

relief appeared

d what had happened, a k

ence was calm and powerful, carrying the scent of a Beta. He looked a

am Dax, the Alpha's Beta. The Alpha orde

lack folder i

ed it. The title on the first

endant Servic

ntents, and the colde

ng me to serve as the Alpha's personal attendant, follow his orders, remain within designated areas, and obey e

rt was the explanation

nd a temporary measure and that my relationship wit

ightened aro

came out hoarse. "Then wh

ark, feeling a sharp

u because your condition required it. The mark does n

nation made my

sion by one family, only to become a po

m. "And if I r

rritory. Without the Alpha's permission, you are considered an outsider who entered i

he last bit of res

otect me. Compared with being sent back and sold as a bargaining p

d my fate to this man, but

orced myself to calm do

there would always be a cha

offered and signed the

rie Wh

nd nodded. "Good. Follow me.

modern corridors of the building. We entered a staff elevator and c

nside was only a single bed, a wardrobe, and a small window. Compared w

duties begin tomorrow. The Alpha's schedule will

left without

ward the window. The view outside was not the city s

he wall, clutching th

had paid for surviving. I had escaped Jared's rejection and my fo