Casper
I always believed there was a right thing to do. Even when it hurt. Even when it cost something. I told myself that was what being an Alpha meant.
That is what young Alphas are taught. Responsibility, sacrifice, and choosing the greater stability over personal feeling. That was the story I lived inside. Now I understand something terrifying.
It was a story built on lies.
I stand in the aftermath of the ceremony and feel like the ground beneath my feet has disappeared. Vanna's confession. Victor's control. The way the investigation was shaped. The way truth was managed instead of pursued.
All of it hits me at once.
Not just as a scandal, but as a realization.
The responsibility I thought I was carrying was never clean.
I told myself I chose Serene because it
