[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View] My whole body tensed as I stood slowly with both my hands on the level of my head. Charlie’s eyes told me that I would be dead once I made a wrong move, and I had to be careful. He was already thinking that I sided with Randalf, and without him knowing the truth—about what really happened in the mountains—Holly’s father would never understand why I had to do all of this. “Listen to me, Charlie—” Charlie sighed, and the dark look on his face turned into disappointment. I felt my whole being finally relaxed as he stepped away from me and onto the chair of his desk. He clasped his hands, and I finally saw that exhaustion that deepened his set of honey-brown eyes. “Holly told me everything, Evander. I was really furious that you put your family’s life in da

