"I am sorry. I wasn't thinking."
"Then I hope this was your first and last mistake as an Alpha. The world of Alphas isn't tolerable to mistakes like these, Alpha Laura. Next time if you speak without thinking, you might not get a chance to apologise like this. You'd face war. And war is never pretty."
Bryce made it sound like a huge favour. He didn't accept her apology but didn't drag it out either. In return, he started to lecture the much older woman on the stage on how an ideal Alpha should be.
It was Bryce blatantly calling her out on not being a suitable person to hold the Alpha title.
"I understand." Laura gritted out painfully.
Astria's heart was somewhat satisfied. It was nowhere close to the satisfaction of getting the pack and defeating Laura, but it still worked for th
