The Alpha's Forbidden Vow novel Chapter 118

POV: Elias

The encrypted message from the Volkov Luna was a summons I could not ignore.

It was brief, clinical, and held an undercurrent of desperate urgency.

The Alpha is unwell. Your assistance is required. You will be compensated and guaranteed safe passage.

My first instinct was to refuse.

To stay away from that world of pain and power, from the woman I still cared for and the man who had taken her from me.

But I was a doctor. And a man was sick.

More than that, Selene was in trouble. Her plea was hidden between the lines of Seraphina’s formal request.

So I came.

I was escorted into the lion’s den, into Zane’s vast, intimidating study.

He was there, standing by the window, a figure of immense power, his back to the room.

Selene stood near the fireplace, her face pale but resolute.

Seraphina was there, her expression a mask of tense anxiety.

“Zane,” Seraphina said, her voice a little too bright. “This is Dr. Vance. I have invited him to… consult on your condition.”

Zane turned slowly.

His stormy grey eyes, the ones I had last seen clouded with a self-destructive rage, were now startlingly clear.

And completely, utterly cold.

He did not recognize me.

He looked me up and down, his gaze the sharp, analytical assessment of an Alpha sizing up a potential threat.

“A human doctor?” he said, his voice a low, skeptical rumble. “What use could I possibly have for one of those?”

“He is the one who saved your life in the first place,” Selene said, her voice firm.

Zane’s gaze flickered to her, a spark of possessive annoyance in their depths.

“Your name is Elias Vance?” he asked me, ignoring her.

“It is,” I replied, meeting his gaze calmly.

“Selene, if you could please describe the Alpha’s symptoms since his return,” I said, turning my attention to her, adopting my professional demeanor.

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