Marked by the Alpha
As if he could feel my eyes on him, he turned his dull, lightless ones on me, and after a moment they slid away and he returned to looking at the wall.
“… You will tell me where Gina is.”
The order was softly spoken, with none of the compulsion that usually accompanied an Alpha Command. This meant that Hector’s injuries from the fight, or perhaps his emotions in the aftermath, stopped him from using the ability.
I saw the same realisation settle over Marcia’s features, because at the next moment I could practically see the wheels in her head turning as she wondered how she would spin this out in her favour.
Her gaze shifted to Alex, who acted oblivious to his surroundings, and after a beat s