Julian POV
"Look at her, Julian!" Marcella shouts, her heels clicking rapidly against the linoleum floor of the back corridor. "I told you she was trash! She is already latched onto the Rogue family! That Cooper guy is doing everything for her now!"
I do not stop walking. The narrow hallway smells of stale grease and industrial bleach.
"She was probably cheating on you for months!" Marcella runs two steps ahead, trying to block my path to the security office. Her face is flushed pink under her heavy makeup. "I bet she used your pack allowance to support that pretty boy behind your back!"
"Shut your mouth." I do not yell. My voice drops an octave, thick with Alpha command.
Marcella freezes. The air in the cramped corridor turns heavy. Asher, my wolf, claws at the inside of my chest. He
