Evaline:
My heart was beating so loudly in my chest that I was half-convinced everyone in the room could hear it.
Still, I held Alpha Black's gaze without flinching.
Confidence.
That was the only armor I had in a room full of powerful Alphas and senior officials who had decades more experience in this world than me.
And strangely… it was enough.
"I knew, Alpha. That's why I made sure to consult with Alpha Thorne and made sure I wasn't breaching any sort of Rogue Pack's secrets. Though I used his development project works as a base for my improvisations, there's nothing included in the report that might give away any internal information of Rogue pack."
For a long moment after I finished speaking, silence settled over the office. The kind of silence that wasn't empty but heavy... weighted with evaluation, judgment, calculation.
Alpha Black leaned back slightly in his chair, fingers steepled together in front of him as he studied me.
I resisted the urge to shift on my feet.
