Chapter 13 The "Gift" from Alpha Valerius

The Great Banquet was a sea of gold-plate and silver-trimmed furs, but for me, it was a gauntlet. I stood in the shadows behind Rayder’s high-backed throne, my ribs aching beneath the resin-soaked leather. 

The scent of roasted meats and heavy wine cloyed at my throat, but it was the scent of Alpha...