Chapter 150 Mated By The Alpha Ch1

• Lyara’s bare feet sank into the frostbitten mud as the truck door slammed shut behind her. Her so-called father’s hand landed heavy on her shoulder, steering her forward like livestock toward the sprawling timber fortress that was Therone’s den.
• She didn’t flinch at the cold. Didn’t flinch when the pack warriors watched her every step, hunger and suspicion mixing in eyes that glowed yellow in the dusk. She just tipped her chin up, that wild white hair spilling over the thin fabric of her threadbare dress.
• Her father squeezed her arm — a warning masked as a fatherly touch. Behave, it said. Don’t ruin this.