Once the Alpha signs off and my dress is finished, I am taken back to my cell. I am relieved to find Ajax is still there.
"How was it?" he asks.
"Dreadful," I say, sitting down on the edge of the cot, my hands folded in my lap.
"I'm not surprised," he says. "Brian is the worst."
"Brian?" I ask.
"The Alpha," Ajax clarifies. "His name is Brian."
"Oh," I say. "I hate him already."
"Me too," he says.
For a moment, there is a silence between us. I wonder what he is thinking.
"But you're still going to go through with the wedding?" he asks, finally.
"I have to," I say. "I don't have a choice."
Again, there is silence. I find myself wondering about Ajax and Brian-- wondering if Ajax being down here has anything to do with his hatred of the alpha.
I decide to ask. After all, he asked
