Alessia:
I didn’t even realize we were moving until the doors closed behind us.
I didn’t even know how to react as we walked.
Alexander didn’t say a word as he led me through the corridors, his grip firm around my wrist, not painful, but unyielding. Wolves parted for him without question. I barely registered their faces. I barely processed what was going on at all.
The office door slammed shut.
The sound echoed violently, making me flinch despite myself.
For a moment, neither of us spoke. For a moment, he wouldn’t even look at me as he looked out the window, clearly lost in thought.
I swallowed, my heart racing. “Thank you,” I said quietly. “For standing up for me out there. For believing me. I don’t know what I would have done if you didn’t believe me.”
Silence.
Too heavy.
I li
