The Alpha’s Challenge

Lyra narrowed her eyes, a sharp, dangerous glint reflecting the gym’s overhead lights. She looked at Alaric, not as the man she had once wept for, but as a hurdle—a wall of muscle and arrogance that she was more than ready to tear down.

“You want to challenge me?” Lyra let out a light, melodic chuckle that carried a jagged edge. “Why, Alpha Alaric? Is it because I just slapped your little girlfri