The question hung between us.“What exactly did your brother leave behind?”I stared at Alpha Xavier Volkov, searching his expression for a hint of deception. His hands rested calmly on the steering wheel, but his jaw was tight.“I was hoping you would tell me,” I replied.His eyes briefly shifted toward me.“Don't play games with me, Lena.”“Then stop asking questions you already know the answers to.”A humorless smile touched his lips.“You have quite a mouth for someone sitting in my car, surrounded by armed guards.”“And you have quite an ego for someone who thinks that makes him frightening.”The silence that followed was almost satisfying.Almost.Because beneath my stubbornness, fear was beginning to creep in.I had spent years searching for Daniel. Years following dead ends, questioning dangerous men, and risking my life for scraps of information. Now I was finally close to finding him, and the one person standing between us was an Alpha who looked at me as though I were a pro
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