Chapter 24 Secrets That Could Ruin An Alpha

• Astrid knows she shouldn’t feel this broken. She knows she shouldn’t feel anything at all—not for a man who never promised her love, not for an Alpha who only ever summoned her in secret. But her heart doesn’t know that. Her heart only knows that he called her here tonight.
• Just like he always does.
• She slips through the hidden passage that connects the healer’s quarters to the Alpha’s chamber, her pulse steadying the way it always does when she approaches the concealed door. She knows the pattern of knocks he prefers. She knows how quiet her steps must be.