ELEVEN

Valerie

I straightened my posture, refusing to let their presence affect me. Valerie, you can't afford to show weakness.

The Alphas remained silent, their eyes studying me intensely. It was unnerving, and I felt like a prey surrounded by predators.

Then Ansel broke a smile. "Would you have preferred if I came to get you, Val?"

I gave him a fake smile back, "Then I would have had to stab myself in the eye ten times."

He let out a chuckle, but I rolled my eyes and focused on the devil at the head of the table.

"Why am I here?"

Kaden extended a hand to the seat at the end of the table. "Sit."

"Uh, no, I don't think I would sit, I'm not your dog."

Kaden narrowed his eyes at me while Ansel studied me with a smile on his pretty face. Grey, in the other hand, gazed at me with a bored expression.

Oh, I'm sorry I'm not enough entertainment for you asshole.

I met with Kaden's glare, and I held it. I know my deviance was getting on his nerves, but I was done caring.

He toyed with his dinner