Samantha’s POV
The room began to swirl around me the moment I saw Kade’s cold, calculating face appear through the crowd.
He wasn’t supposed to be here. Tyler had assured me that Kade wouldn’t come to the Alpha Ball this year, and I knew he wouldn’t lie to me—so what was Kade doing here?
Why he was here, though, didn’t matter; what mattered was that he was looking right at me, his face turning ashen as his eyes met mine from across the room, and I knew I needed to get away. I couldn’t stay any longer—beautiful dresses be damned.
Ignoring Beth and her friends, I set the tray aside and turned, looking around for an exit. I couldn’t leave through the main entrance, because Kade was standing right there. But finally, I spotted a small side door that the staff was using to come and go, and
