Chapter 44

Irina:

I had to avoid the Alpha’s eyes as the two of us voiced the word ‘Alpha’.

He took a step back and I watched as he walked out of the room, leaving me alone, and I sat on the floor as my heart raced against my chest.

Tears fell from my eyes and I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to stop myself from crying. The fear and pain that I felt was one that I was frightened of. It was one that I didn’t expect to feel, and the fear wasn’t one that I expected to go through.

My phone rang, snapping me out of my thoughts, and I frowned when I saw that it was my father. He wouldn’t be calling me so soon, not when he was supposedly angry with me.

“Papa?” I said, answering the phone, fearing what was to come.

“You are failing,” Alpha Cosimo’s voice came from the other end. My eyes widened in surprise, and if I was crying, I now stopped completely.

“What?” I asked, trying to allow myself to think straight after what I just went through. The idea of me being Kai’s mate was not