154: Past Meets Present

PHOENIX

I thought I was hearing things when I heard my old alpha’s voice. Jake’s dad. But when I turned, almost completely confident that I would find a different person, I saw him and my blood immediately went cold.

Ezra’s hands tighten around me like he could feel the same negative energy I feel rolling off the man in waves.

For the entire time I dated Jake, I wouldn’t say we were particularly close with his dad. I stayed away from him as much as I could because he just had this scary aura I didn’t like. Now, I’m seeing it as a different thing, especially as he bares his teeth in what I assume was supposed to be a smile.

“What are you doing here?” I ask, my voice shaking slightly.

He looks down at me, literally, and his lips turn down in distaste. He never really liked me but he never openly hated me. He just made it clear that he didn’t care what his son did with me. He looked like he wanted to slit my throat right now.

“Shu—”

“I would be careful how I finished that sentence if I w