NATALIA
I lifted my glass to take another small sip, just to show that I was occupied and hoping that the subtle gesture would make me look uninteresting enough for a conversation.
But as usual, luck wasn’t on my side. Has it ever been?
The unknown alpha stepped closer to me, wearing a confident smile that looked borderline arrogant. I wasn’t exactly good at reading people, but his presence alone triggered my fight or flight response. Even my wolf is immediately wary of him.
I have to get away.
“Hi,” he casually greeted, leaving me no chance for an escape, “I don’t believe we’ve met yet.”
I turned to him, acting like it was the first time I’d noticed him, and pulled the nicest smile I could muster, even though everything in me wanted to flee. “I-I don’t believe we have.”
His grin gr
