Chapter 63: Diner Encounter
(Elara's POV)
"Quite composed, aren't you, little omega?" Lucian's low voice carried that unmistakable Alpha tone as we stood outside my apartment building.
I pointed to the diner across the street. "It's just right there. We'll be seated faster if we walk."
His steel-gray eyes flickered with amusement. "And you're worried about the wait time? Or avoiding being alone with me in a car?"
Heat rushed to my cheeks. I wasn't sure what made me more uncomfortable – his perceptiveness or my own transparency.
"The diner gets busy this time of evening," I said, deflecting his question.
We crossed the street in silence, his Alpha presence deliberately close, making my omega wolf stir restlessly beneath my skin. When we entered the diner, several patrons glanc
