My Beta shifted uncomfortably beside me. “Alpha…” he murmured under his breath, careful not to draw attention. “Do you want me to—”
“No don't,” I said flatly and annoyed. “Let them be.” He frowned and looked at him confused. “But—” “Don’t bother, let them be.”
I needed to know where all of this was going. I needed to understand just how deep this madness would go.
Justin, oblivious to the tension around him, stepped even closer to Daphne. “What’s your name, my love?” he asked softly, as though he didn’t already know.
She smiled faintly as she continued playing pitiful and innocent. “My name is Daphne. I was once… this pack’s Beta’s daughter.”
His expression softened further with concern. “Once? What really happened?”
Her lips trembled as she pretended to be scared as she opened her m
