The Alpha’s college Mate
MARTINEZ.
I paused. Then, below it, a second heading, which cost me more than the first.
Who still remembers. Mother. Milo. Gail. Draven, maybe. Clara.
I read the list through twice. Beneath it, the page lay blank and patient.
A soft knock. The door opened a few inches, and Clara slipped in with her coat already on, the red ribbon still tied in her hair. The window light turned her face to amber and carved out the shadows under her eyes.