I want this Alpha
“You will not cage her. And you will not speak of her like she’s something less than us.”
My voice wavered, just a fraction. It was enough. I felt it. So did they.
Emotion cracked through the Alpha mask, ugly and inconvenient and real.
“Because whether you like it or not,” I finished, jaw tight, “she’s already part of what comes next.”
And I stood there, between fire and fear, knowing there was no walking this back.
Silence slammed down like a blade.
It wasn’t the respectful kind. It was the calculating kind, the kind where minds started rearranging alliances and weighing consequences faster than heartbeats. I felt it immediately, the shift in the air, politics sharpening their teeth.
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