I stood in the doorway of Elias’s office, the weight of unspoken questions pressing down on me like a physical force. The air between us was thick and tense, and I could feel the distance growing. He’d been distant lately, caught up in his plans, and it felt like there was a wall between us. The powerful alpha, the man who had sworn to protect me, was keeping something from me, and it was eating at me.
“Elias,” I said, my voice steady but firm. “We need to talk.”
He looked up from the papers in front of him, his expression unreadable. I could tell he wasn’t expecting this.
“I have nothing to hide, Lena,” he said, his voice cold and smooth, like he always sounded when he was guarding himself.
But I wasn’t going to let him off that easily. I crossed the room, standing in front of him, an
