I started running out of his office, my heart hammering like a drumline in a funeral parade. But then I heard her voice, his mother was reprimanding him and my legs froze beneath me like they suddenly remembered we had no place safe to go.
So instead of running for my life, I slid behind one of the thick redwood columns just outside his office and listened. Eavesdropping wasn't just a sin anymore. It was survival.
"You're a bloody idiot." The Lina's words echoed like a slap.
"You ordered one of your men to rape a girl because she smiled at you? Is that the man I raised? Is that what you've become?"
Inside the room, I could almost feel the psycho Alpha's fury rising like steam. But he didn't yell. Not yet.
"Mother," he said through clenched teeth. "This is not your concern."
"Oh, it is. You are not a rogue. You are an Alpha. And I will not stand by while you tarnish this pack's honor because you can't handle a teenage girl smiling at you."
