He was a thoroughly trained Gamma and an expert in combat. Which means he can run. I knew my father, or the Alpha, spoke well of him, which is why he was originally assigned to me. I stopped walking and closed my eyes, not wanting to look at him and embarrassed that he had seen me. I was trying to break away from as many aspects of my old life as possible, and here one is threatening to chase me down.
“Clara,” he said again, this time in front of me and softer. I looked up at him, and he had a stern expression on his face, as if I were doing something wrong.
“What?” I asked defiantly. I lifted my chin and glared hard at him, matching my expression to his, like I hadn’t just been trying to hide from him behind my eyelids. A brief smile teased at the corner of his mouth, then disappeared b
