Chapter Six

Sera’s POV:

Normal flew out the window the second the Alpha walked back through those doors the next morning.

I was wiping down table three when the bell chimed and my whole body just... stopped. Like someone cut the strings holding me up. The rag slipped from my fingers and hit the floor with a wet slap that felt too loud in my ears.

He was back.

And he sat down at one of my tables again. Not the same one as yesterday... no, he picked a different table, but still in my section. Still where I'd have to face him.

My chest went tight. I couldn't breathe right.

"Ser, honey, you dropped your rag," Mrs. Judith called from behind the counter.

I bent down and grabbed it, my hands shaking so bad I nearly dropped it again. Get it together. Just... get it together.

I had to make someone else take his table. Had to. There was no way I could walk over there and pretend everything was fine when my wolf... or whatever was inside me... was screaming at me to run.

One of the new girls Mrs. Judith hire