Alice's POV
I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off. Albert had been acting strange around me lately, and it was making me uneasy. I tried to brush it off, telling myself that it was just my imagination, but the nagging feeling wouldn’t go away.
Ever since I learned about what he does in secret. I kept finding more traits of Albert that was unbecoming of the alpha I knew. Sometimes I felt relieved, it proves to show that even our great alpha was not perfect.
It all came to a head during a royal gathering when Damien and I were chatting at the courtyard . I felt Albert ’s eyes on us, and when I turned to look at him, his expression was dark and intense.
“What’s going on, Albert ?” I asked, trying to keep my voice calm.
“Nothing,” he replied curtly, but I could tell he was
