All Chapters of Mated To The Alpha Who Bullied Me: Chapter 181

Talia's POV I stepped out of the council room, every muscle in my body buzzing from adrenaline. The kind that makes your limbs feel both weightless and wired at the same time. Every step I took down the hall felt like a statement—like I was claiming back the air after being poked and prodded by a bunch of decrepit old wolves with opinions about my life they didn't earn. Cassian needed to hear this. To hear how well I’d handled myself. To hear every insult, every ridiculous claim that I was a liability to him, to hear just how desperate they were to remove me. He'd been gone for hours, and I was ready to unload, to let him see exactly how stupidly proud I could be. I rounded a corner, thinking I could make it to him in one uninterrupted march when... oh, of course, the universe couldn't be that kind. Melissa. The woman appeared out of nowhere like a shadow you didn't want to see, lounging against the wall like she owned the hallway. That infuriating smirk of hers, like she'd jus