chapter fifty-eight

[ IN WHICH SHE PUTS AN END TO A FATAL LOVE TRIANGLE, OR SO SHE THOUGHT ]

In the silence, I turn my body in Sin's direction.

As a reaction to my movements, several wolves snarl angrily, but I don't let that stop me. With one foot in front of the other, I proceed towards the King of Alkhemi. A look of shock consumes his facial features, and then after, his lips begin to stretch slowly into a smile. His grey eyes peer staight into mine, and for a second, it feels as though everyone else around us disappear into dust.

No Kingdom. No war. No Rome.

Just us.

But it can never be that way; for it is written in the stars that the Lycan King will eventually tug at my heartstrings and get my pulses racing. It has been written in the stars that I will love him as much as I love Sin. It has been written in the stars that I will be torn between the two men when making this decision.

And it has come to pass.

The Lycan King. My breath hitches as I think about him. The thought of him alone does t