I WILL LOVE YOU, JUST HOW YOU DESERVE.

~EGON’S POV~

Having woken up in a foul mood from expending my involuntary attention to the lawsuit, I feel this unanticipated dread of losing Celie dominating me.

My Beta, who has yet again become a witness to the glumness on my face, questions me about the cause of my displeasure. After shoving the matchlock into its sleeve, I desperately avoid sharing the cause of my anguish, for I can't allow myself to appear frail, “There’s nothing that can ruffle my feathers. I am fine.”

Scarcely convinced, he asks me, “If that’s the case, should we leave? Alpha Derek is expecting you in his cabin.”

“Sure,” I collect myself, recognising how I cannot allow myself to be perceived as weak by my pack’s men. 

As we make our way through the unengaged hallways, I am beguiled by my ap……