-ALEXANDER-
The gasp of Alpha Klein, the shocked silence of the hall, the fear in Lilian's eyes – it all slammed into me with sickening force. I had snapped. I had given in to the beast. The very thing I swore I wouldn't do, the very thing I fought so hard against. The monster was out, and Lilian had seen him.
I stood there, breathing hard, my vision clearing from the red haze of rage. Alpha Klein's pack members were helping him, their eyes wary, filled with a mix of fear and thinly veiled anger towards me. Other Alphas watched me, their faces grim. My reputation, the cold, calculating control I usually projected, was shattered. They had seen the true monster.
But none of that mattered. Only Lilian. She was staring at me, her face pale, her beautiful blue dress a stark contrast to the h
