Margot POV
I was stunned by her confidence and composure.
Was this what an alpha raised in a wealthy family looked like?
She was far more mature than other children her age, socially and intellectually.
She wasn’t shy about showing what she could do, and she had no trouble steering the conversation exactly where she wanted it to go.
When I had been her age, I’d still hidden behind adults whenever they gave me gifts.
I couldn’t have imagined standing there so comfortably and directing a conversation with an adult.
I suddenly thought about Rhett’s cousin.
What must it have felt like for an alpha born into Rome, so to speak, to have that kind of pride?
And what would it do to someone like that to lose a competition she had never believed she could lose?
The more I thought about it,
