The Alpha's Hidden Heir
I said, starting to unwrap the plastic.
"Not here. Not now." Maya glanced at the rooftops where I'd seen movement. "Your apartment. All the curtains drawn."
We walked in silence, her hand on my elbow like I might bolt. Maybe I would have, if I'd had anywhere to go. The journal felt heavy in my pocket, weighted with secrets I wasn't sure I wanted to know.
Inside my apartment, doors locked and curtains pulled, I spread the journal's pages on my coffee table. Names I recognized, dates that meant nothing yet, and a map of Silver Ridge with red X marks in seven locations. The brewery was one of them.