Richard’s POVThe room was quiet, but not in a peaceful way.It was the kind of quiet that pressed against your skull, heavy and suffocating, where even the smallest breath sounded like a shout. And though no one spoke, though papers lay untouched between us, I could feel it.His dislike.The Alpha of Redfang hadn’t said it outright — men like him never needed to — but I sensed it in every glance, every curl of his lips, every deliberate pause in his speech. He didn’t want me here. To him, I was a stain on the table, an unnecessary piece cluttering his carefully arranged board.And though Selena shifted beside me, her eyes flicking back and forth, as if searching for the right words to soften the moment, I knew.If she opened her mouth to defend me, to reason with him, it would only worsen things.So, before she could, I moved.A simple gesture — my hand reaching lightly across the table, my head shaking just once — and she froze. The faint crease in her brow told me she was ready to
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