Aria’s POV
The slap was heavier than I expected.
The sound of my palm meeting Noah’s cheek cracked through the silent hall like a gunshot. My hand stung, a sharp, buzzing heat radiating from my fingers, but it was nothing compared to the fire roaring in my chest.
I had walked into this house with an anger I couldn't explain, a dark, oily tide that had carried me all the way from that blood-soaked alley to these marble floors.
I had hit an Alpha. I had struck the man who held my life in his hands, and the regret hit me almost immediately.
"How dare you?" Cassian’s voice barked, slicing through the air.
Within a heartbeat, Four guards appeared surrounding me in a tight, suffocating circle. Their scent was aggressive, of musk and steel and their eyes were fixed on me like I was
