Alpha Nick
For the first time in weeks, I wasn’t trembling because I was prey.
I was the hunter.
From my hiding spot, I spotted her. Mila.
She stood by the bar in a sleek red dress, laughing too loudly, hanging on Nick’s every movement like she wasn’t the reason I had almost died. Every time someone offered their condolences, she clutched her chest and whispered about how “tragic” it was.
I wanted to claw that fake sympathy off her face.
But instead, I waited.
Nick and Josh moved through the crowd like grieving royalty. My brother had his shoulders squared, jaw tight, playing the role of the strong Beta. Nick… his mask was better. He smiled when people spoke, nodded when they toasted him, but I saw his