The walk home was torturous. My mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, each one more troubling than the last. The fear and anger churned within me, threatening to spill over. How could one man wield so much power, so much cruelty? Alpha Roman’s threats echoed in my ears, making my heart pound painfully in my chest. I had known he was a cruel man after I read Luna Esther’s diary and found out from Louis that he was actually the one who killed her. It wasn’t like I thought him to be a man of virtue. But it still somehow baffled me that he would go to such lengths, stoop so low just to keep a leash on his son.
Louis had been right; the danger was real. My family and I were already on thin ice in the pack. The thought of being demoted to omegas, of seeing my mother and Lincoln suffer even more, wa
