I made myself stand up straight and told myself not to fix my hair yet again. It was time to walk into the venue for the Alpha Ball, and I wasn’t feeling at all confident.
I was very quickly nearing the expiration date on my secret.
The day Hunter had asked me to chaperone Maya at the Alpha Ball, I’d bought a dress. It was blue silk in a sheath style. Loose enough to gloss over my bump, and made me feel good about myself.
But when I’d tried it on again this afternoon, not even a full week later, it had been way too tight. I wouldn’t be able to keep the secret if I wore it. I probably wouldn’t be able to sit down in it, either, for that matter.
So I’d had to scramble in my closet, and the only thing I could find that fit without making the bump obvious was a dress I’d worn when I wa
