THIRD POV
Alice was halfway through folding a pile of freshly washed clothes when a knock sounded at her door.
She frowned.
It was already late, and she wasn't expecting anyone.
Setting the clothes aside, she walked over and pulled the door open.
The moment she saw Alpha Jason standing outside, her expression changed.
Not to surprise.
To hesitation.
For a brief moment, she seriously considered pretending she had somewhere else to be.
Instead, she sighed quietly and stepped aside.
"Come in, Alpha," she said politely, though there wasn't much warmth in her voice.
Jason walked inside, and she quietly closed the door behind him. The atmosphere between them felt noticeably different from what it used to be.
There had been a time when she would have smiled the moment she saw him. Ton
