ISABEL'S POV.
Now left alone long after Alpha Leo walked out of the room, I found myself replaying our brief exchange in my head over and over. His "thank you" still echoed in my ears even though it had been minutes. The more I thought about what just happened, the more it stirred something inside of me that I didn’t want to feel. Things I would rather not think about.
There had been a flash of something in his eyes I hadn’t expected at all—a kind of softness, or maybe vulnerability, that seemed out of place in the Alpha Leo that I knew. And yet, just as quickly as I thought I saw it, it was gone and his gaze turned cold again, as if he couldn’t decide how he wanted to look at me. And maybe that was actually the case. Maybe Alpha Leo himself didn't know how to react to what happened toni
