What The Alpha Lost
“He has someone, Amara. He has a girlfriend and he wants to mate her.”
The parking garage didn’t fall away. The engine didn’t go quiet. Everything stayed exactly the same, the grey light, the smell of exhaust, the distant announcements over the airport speakers but I felt something inside me crack. A fault line I hadn’t known was there, splitting wide open.
“A girlfriend,” I repeated. My voice didn’t sound like mine. “Mate her?”
“Yes,” Maya confirmed softly. “They’ve been dating for 2 years now.”
I stared at her. At the pity in her eyes. At the way she was already grieving for me, already holding my hand like I was a patient about to flat line.
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