-Malena POV- (Mother fucker! Negotiate!? If he thinks that I am just going to sit and stay quiet, he has another thing coming.) For now, I do sit quietly and wait to see where this conversation will head. I had never been out of Hendrix’s pack, much less an Alpha meeting. Gage leads me to a chair where I sit. He sits next to me and James sits on my other side. I can feel Hendrix's eyes on me and now I feel small again. I keep my eyes cast down, scared to see his expression but I am surprised when he talks. “Have they hurt you, darling?” He asks me. I am caught by surprise because the only time he has ever been that sweet to me was the first time I met him. “Tsf.” Gage scoffs. I slowly shake my head telling him, no but I still don’t look at him. “We are here because Alpha