I turned slowly to face Alpha Evon, my heart thudding in my chest—not from fear, but from the weight of everything that had happened between us.
His towering form was cloaked in the dim light of the dungeon, but for the first time, the usual coldness I felt in his presence wasn’t there. Instead, a strange calmness settled over me, something I hadn’t experienced before. I didn’t fear him anymore. Not like I used to.
Maybe it was because I had managed to speak against his judgment at the meeting today and more than anything else, I was glad that I did.
His expression was hard to read as his intense gaze bore into me. He was never a man of many words, especially when he was observing. The tension between us was almost suffocating, but I refused to falter. My grip on the cold iron bars tigh
