KAIA'S POV. Athena didn’t rush. She didn’t have to. She walked toward Gareth like the ground belonged to her. At this point she didn't just look like the princess she was, she looked like a queen taking a stroll around her empire. And boy, did Gareth hate it. The irritation was written all over his face as he watched her. “I should be asking you that. You weren’t about to do what I think you were about to do… were you, alpha?” she asked him. Her tone was calm, but her words hit like steel. Gareth straightened, squaring his shoulders. “I was about to do my duty as an alpha of this pack, Princess Athena,” he said, voice booming so loud it almost echoed. “Since no one else here seems willing to do what should be done.” He met her halfway and they stopped a few steps apart. Two storms meet

