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Wolfless Luna's Royal Return novel · Chapter 20 of 24

Chapter 20: Alaric Whole

He did not say anything on the way up the tower stairs.

I counted the steps again, one hundred and four, with his coat still around my shoulders and his hand tight on mine.

At the top he shut the door and leaned his back against it.

His eyes were gold, and there was no grey in them anywhere.

"He's afraid," Alaric said.

"Your wolf?"

"Two years ago he stopped answering the dark. He quit calling for you because nobody came." He rubbed his thumb along his jaw. "I've been trying to tell him you're real since the kitchen."

"Tell him again."

"I can't do it with words."

I let the coat slide off my shoulders onto the floor.

I stood bare in front of him, with the fire on my skin.

For the first time in my life I did not want to hide anything.

He looked at me for a long time.

"Elspeth," he said. "You are the most beautiful thing that has ever been in this room."

The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Wolfless Luna's Royal Return are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.

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