William's POVLong shadows from the lantern flames danced across my study as I sat, brooding in my chair, the smell of burnt parchment still heavy on the air after my outburst. The room was silent, but beneath that silence, it raged on a steady heartbeat.Cage's face would not leave my mind, the gall he had to shame my lineage, to belittle Berrilyl in public like that was a gnawing fire, feeding the storm inside. I had bested him once. I could again. And this time, I'd make sure he remained that way.My beta stood stiff beside the door, awaiting further orders, bruising from my slap earlier discoloring his cheek. He hadn't protested, as he shouldn't have. I would tolerate no failures now. Not when the enemy was closing in."Beta," I said coldly, my voice carrying into the big room. "The wedding how many days before it occurs?"Four, Alpha," My beta said calmly but guardedly. "They'll make the announcement tomorrow. The ceremony is to take place soon after that.Four days. Four days in
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