Marked by the Alpha
I half got up from my seat with the intention to move towards her and help in any way I could, but at that moment her eyes snapped open and I saw how truly bloodshot they were.
“Don’t,” she murmured, the pain she was feeling bleeding through that single word.
My skin tautened as her words fell on my ears, but I obeyed and an eternity seemed to pass as she shut her eyes once more to ride through the rest of the pain while I watched on mutely.
It gave me time to think on what I had learned yesterday from my grandfather while he was preparing me for my meeting with Evangeline Fairley.
According to him, Mind Workers, despite their apparent prowess, had to thrive on subtlety as each individual mi