Liana POV
Oh. I jerked my head back in surprise.
Elara stepped in front of me, blocking my path. “You’re nothing but a pawn in Darius’s game.”
My eyes narrowed. “A pawn? Maybe,” I replied quietly. “And that is Alpha Darius for you.”
“Alpha Darius doesn’t know what he has done by marking you. He will regret it. You have pushed him into deep trouble! You think you can just waltz in here and take my place?” she spat.
“Your place?” I needed to put this girl in place for my plan to succeed. “Elara, that wolf is thirty years old. If he wanted you, he would have marked you by now,” I pointed it out to her. “But I’m the one standing beside him now,” I added calmly. “So deal with it.”
Elara’s face turned red with anger. “You don’t know anything about us,” she hissed. “You’re just a distr
