Fifty-seven

~Nathan's POV

I blinked rapidly, unable to believe my ears.

"I beg your pardon?" I heard Albert asking.

The guard glared at him, visibly pissed at having to repeat what he had just said.

"I… Said. Who. Is. Nathan?" he repeated slowly, as though Albert was a toddler.

My mind raced as I realized that I had not heard the question wrong. The angry-looking guard standing stiffly in front of me and glaring at both me and Albert had just asked me who Nathan was.

I thought long and hard on how to reply and came up with nothing.

I turned to Albert, hoping his cunning mind would have come up with something, but he was also just as stumped and confused as I was.

If the situation was so dire, I would have burst into laughter at the look on his face. For the first time, he finally looked like a boy of his real age and he was terrified.

And I could not blame him for being scared. I was arrogant and had reasonable confidence in my strength and power as an Alpha, but I was not stupid or foolishly pro