It felt like the whole world had turned against me.
I could still feel the coldness in Alpha Jeremiah’s eyes from earlier, his words echoing in my mind like a cruel reminder of everything I had done wrong. Every breath felt like I was inhaling shards of glass, each one cutting deeper than the last. His hatred was suffocating, and no matter how many times I apologized or tried to explain myself, he just wouldn’t listen.
I stood in the hallway, staring at the door to his office, my heart pounding in my chest. I knew I had to try again. I couldn’t leave things the way they were. Not like this. I had to make him see that I wasn’t trying to hurt his pack, that I wasn’t trying to make things worse.
With a deep breath, I knocked on the door.
"Come in," his voice was sharp, clipped, like he di
