"What are you doing here?" Selena asked, her voice flat, seemingly oblivious to the suffocating tension vibrating between the four of them. "I heard the pack’s latest gossip, of course," Lucian replied. As a man who had claimed an Alpha’s seat at such a young age, he was no stranger to conflict. Facing the venomous glare from 'Adrian,' he didn't just stand his ground—balanced on the edge of a smirk, leaning down to press a slow, deliberate kiss onto the crown of Selena’s head. "The rumors were flying so fast I was afraid you’d be caught off guard by these old fossils." The woman in his arms was lean, but compared to his rugged, hard-edged frame, every inch of her felt devastatingly soft. Her waist was narrow enough to be circled by a single hand, and the heat radiating through her clot

