Reya's POV
The words cut through the silence like a blade. Whatever s****l tension that had been forming between Ashriel and me shattered the moment Liana spoke.
My face flushed, not from embarrassment this time, but from the sudden jolt of adrenaline. I lifted my gaze from the floor, forcing myself to meet Liana’s eyes. Her expression had morphed back into its practiced professionalism,
Ashriel’s posture shifted. His entire demeanor hardened, the softness in his features replaced with the rigid authority of his title. When he spoke, his voice was stripped bare of emotion—only Alpha remained.
“What kind of problem?”
Liana didn't flinch under his gaze, but her jaw tightened slightly. “It’s the children boy,” she said, voice steady. “They are all coughing and have fever too. It came on
