FAYE
The moment Roman heard me say his name, he turned.
For a second, neither of us moved.
The silence between us felt strange now.
Heavy.
It wasn't that I suddenly believed all the horrible things the pack was already beginning to whisper about him upstairs.
But because something had changed.
Something huge.
And both of us knew it.
I slowly stepped closer to the cell.
Roman immediately pushed himself off the bench the moment I fully approached.
He still looked exhausted.
His hair was damp from sweat, his chest still rising unevenly beneath the dim light of the holding area.
But now that he was standing properly in front of me—
I could see it more clearly.
The difference.
It wasn’t just the fact that he had shifted.
Or the fact that he was apparently an alpha... according
