ALEXANDER
Later that evening, I walked into the dining room and found Cole already sitting at the table, eating.
I pulled out a chair and sat down without saying a word. I was still thinking about everything that had happened earlier, but I had no intention of bringing it up unless Cole asked.
Almost immediately, Martha entered the room.
The moment she saw me sitting at the table, she moved toward me, as she usually did whenever I sat down to eat, and reached for the serving dish.
I raised a hand before she could serve me.
“It’s fine, Martha. You can leave.”
She stopped and looked at me for a moment before bowing her head.
“Yes, Alpha.”
She stepped away from the table and left the dining room, closing the door quietly behind her.
I reached for the serving dish myself and began di
