Chapter 35

Valerie

What did I have to offer?

It was a question Lucas already knew the answer to. I had nothing. There was nothing I could possibly give to him.

I was a slave who had been plucked up at such a young age, I’d never had the opportunity to learn a skill. I didn’t know how to cook or hunt. I didn’t have a lovely voice or an eye for art. I was simply…there. Existing in this terrible world.

I studied his face, trying to understand. Trying to pry apart his reasoning. What could I offer? Me, a slave?

Lucas leaned in, his body long and lanky and said in my ear, “Let me give you a hint. I’m sure you won’t forget your Alpha’s generous offer.”

My Alpha’s…offer?

How could he know of it? The offer that Alpha Xavier had promised me—one of freedom. Had he eaves dropped at the time? Did he turn into a bat, fly into the room and stick himself to the wall like a fly? Could he do that?

The world was spinning around me. I was beginning to feel my legs going out.

I felt my face turn hot as coals, and m