Claimed by the Alpha and the Vampire Prince: Masquerading as a Man - Chapter 85: Begin The Feast

... s cold and regal as I remembered. Grey towers spiraled into a bruised sky, and the ancestral scent of pine, steel, and blood drifted through the heavy gates like ghosts coming home.

The gates of the Alpha Palace loomed ahead like the open jaws of some ancient beast. Stone walls ran jagged through the mountain’s edge, old magic humming in every crack. Wolves lined the entrance, warriors in full ceremonial armor, bearing crests of their bloodlines—packs from every corner of the territory. ...