ALEX POV
The morning air was crisp, each breath I took biting at my skin and doing nothing to quell the storm brewing inside me. The Pack House loomed ahead, but it felt distant, like a mirage I couldn’t quite reach. I trailed a few steps behind Alice and Paolo, my eyes locked on the way her arm looped through his, her smile forced, her movements stiff. The sight of it twisted something deep inside me, not just jealousy—though that was there—but fear.
Why hadn’t Alice told Paolo about us? Why hadn’t she claimed our bond proudly? She was supposed to be my Luna, my equal, yet she hid the truth from the one person who mattered most to her. Every step I took felt like walking on broken glass, the questions cutting deeper with each passing second.
Leo, my wolf, was restless, his growls of fr
