Zane
After Kaius disappeared somewhere in the hall and I did not care where, I loosened my grip on Tiana and walked out of the convergence ballroom.
I had walked halfway across the hall before Ezra caught up to me.
“Alpha.”
I turned on him, my jaw so tight that I could feel my teeth grinding. “What?”
“You need to go back inside.”
“I need,” I said, each word clipped, “to not be in that hall right now.”
Ezra didn’t flinch. He had served as my Beta long enough to know when to push and when to retreat. This, apparently, was a pushing moment, for him.
“I understand you’re angry—”
“Do you?”
“—but leaving now will have consequences. For the pack and did her.”
The mention of Tiana made a tightness twist in my chest, but I didn’t let it show.
“She made her choice,” I announced. “She cho
