Tiana
I stepped back automatically, my spine hitting the alcove wall.
I don’t know why, instead of asking her why it concerned her at all, the next thing that left my mouth was, “I wasn’t lurking. I was just delivering…”
“Delivering?” Her eyes flicked to the ledger in my hands, then back to my face. A small, cruel smile curved her lips. “Or eavesdropping? Should I report you to the Alpha?”
Heat flooded my cheeks. “I wasn’t eavesdropping.”
“Weren’t you?” She stepped closer, and two other servants materialized behind her. Wolves I recognized from my days in the servants’ quarters. Both wore the same smug expressions. “Strange place to be standing if you were just ‘delivering’ something.”
“The Alpha was in a meeting,” I said, forcing my voice to stay steady. “I didn’t want to interrup
