The True Alpha's Claim

Kaelen coughed violently against the dirt, clutching his bruised throat as Magnus’s executioner-level threat pinned him in place. It took agonizing seconds to scrape enough oxygen into his lungs to speak. When he did, his commanding resonance was entirely gone, replaced by the jagged rasp of a desperate man.

"It happened five years ago," Kaelen wheezed, keeping his head angled toward the soil. "T