Hazel POV
His words brushed against my ear like a secret I didn’t want to hear. “We have already slept together,” he murmured, low and casual, as if it were nothing more than a fact. “How can you say we don’t have any kind of relationship?”
A warm shiver raced down my spine, pooling low in my stomach. My cheeks burned so hot I thought they might catch fire. I shoved against his chest with both hands, desperate for space.
“You… stay away from me.”
I turned my face away, refusing to meet his eyes. My heart hammered painfully. “This is your fight. Don’t drag me into it. I don’t want to bet my life on this. Alpha Royal, you’d better find someone else to take my place.”
I spun on my heel and started walking—fast, determined, not caring where I ended up as long as it was away from him.
His
