Chapter 52: Be My Mistress

As my body stilled because of the familiar emotion inside of me, the sound of his footsteps was what I heard. He hardly breathed before he stopped behind my back. I wasn't prepared to meet him again after our mating ceremony. He was silent for a minute, like he had ensured I was the one he had seen.

“Ashianna...” he repeatedly uttered. His tone was like how he got my heart when we both found out I was mated with him. It was sweet and deceitful.

“I know it's you. I hear your voice while you're talking with the Alpha King," Alpha James added.

I didn't have a choice but to turn around and face the asshole who made my life miserable. Alpha James seemed different; his hair was so long that it almost reached his shoulder. Seeing how he looked made me realize he was older because of his appearance.

He hadn't shaved his mustache, and there were dark circles below his eyes. His body stilled like he was shocked to see me, and he gasped to breathe some air to control his emotion as his eyes fl