Malik’s POV I stood on the elevated stone podium, my arms crossed over my chest as my eyes ruthlessly glanced through the sea of pack members below. The noise of the crowd was a loud, chaotic buzz, but I wasn't listening to it. I was looking for one specific person. Yet I couldn't find Nathaniel anywhere. “Alpha Malik, this is quite a surprise. I wouldn't have guessed you'd join us today,” Brandon's smooth, arrogant voice drifted from my left. He shifted in his grand chair, looking up at me with a fake smile. I kept my eyes trained straight ahead on the crowd, refusing to give him even a glance. “I'm full of surprises, Brandon,” I said, my voice dripping with an icy indifference that made his smile falter. I slowly turned my head, my gaze landing on Lucien Sullivan. The Elder was sitting next to Brandon, smiling arrogantly as he waved at some of the lower-district merchants. He looked completely untouchable, basking in the glory of his status. I let a faint, dark smile pull
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