Alpha Nick
“You weren’t supposed to survive. You weren’t supposed to come back.”
I smiled then. Slow. Sharp. “Maybe I didn't. Maybe I came back for you, Mila.”
She gasp and shook her head, breathing uneven, fear radiating off her like heat. For a moment, I saw her for what she really was—not powerful, not confident. Just a coward with blood on her hands.
Then—
The door creaked again.
Mila flinched hard and whipped her head around.
Nick stood in the doorway, his golden Alpha eyes glowing like molten fire. Behind him, Josh and Rose lingered, silent and watchful. His presence filled the room, heavy and suffocating.