Lily’s POV:
The room seemed to shrink around us as the other alphas left the dining hall. The alphas left, and all that remained was silence.
It was no longer me in the company of strangers, it was just Damien and me.
And it was intense,
The sound of the retreating footsteps still reached my ears, but they were drowned out by the loud, rapid pounding of my heart.
I tried to stop it, but it didn’t get the message. It pounded louder and faster, even louder than when I was trading words with Marie.
So, I kept my head down and my hands on my lap as I tried to keep my mind from straying towards the large wolf sitting beside me. I occasionally glanced up and pretended to study the plates and empty goblets of wine, but no matter what I did, I could still feel his raw, unyielding presen
