Malakai
The room felt colder the moment I entered.
My aura had done its job. It wasn’t just my Alpha power—it was a warning. General Seif might have been used to leading men into battle, but I wasn’t one of his soldiers. I was an Alpha, and I didn’t take orders from anyone.
I let my gaze sweep the room, stopping briefly on Conrad. My Beta… His face was calm, but I could see the tension in his jaw. That was something good, I think. He hadn’t backed down. At least someone in this cursed room still had a spine.
Still, it must have exhausted him. I had a feeling his familiar knew he was damn stressed out, which was why she had found me at all costs.
I understood.
General Seif wasn’t a simple man. If he came across as simple, it was just a front to deceive his opponents. Among the t
