134. Athena
My eyes widened of their own accord, shock rippling through me like a sudden winter gale as I gasped, stumbling back.
"It... it can’t be!" The words barely left my lips, a tremor of disbelief in my voice.
My body trembled, cold sweat forming on my skin. Every instinct screamed at me to flee, but curiosity rooted me in place.
I spun on my heel, heart pounding like a war drum, my only thought to retreat unseen by Alpha Lorenzo—or whatever he was now.
"You… you… you are… you are not an Alpha wolf?" I whispered, more to myself than him, though my words hung heavily in the air between us.
The realization clawed its way through the haze clouding my mind. No wonder they called him Alpha-King. I had foolishly assumed it was due to his rule over the mighty pack of more than five
