Silence.
That was what immediately followed. Everyone was just staring at me like I had grown another head.
Four mates.
I couldn’t believe it.
It sounded crazy, impossible.
The whispers grew louder, and the tension rose.
Alpha Hendrix — my father — looked like he had just seen a ghost. His eyes were wide, his face red with anger and confusion.
He kept looking from me to Jordan, then to Scott, Troy, and Felix. I could almost hear what he was thinking.
How could this happen?
It was chaos.
I could feel people’s eyes burning into me, their judgment, their fear. Some looked shocked, others disgusted.
I couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t stand there and let them stare at me like I was some kind of monster.
Before anyone could stop me, I turned and ran out of the hall.
The cold
