Chapter 35: An Unspoken Question and a Coming Storm
(Eliza's POV)
I stood frozen in my own living room, the question hanging in the air between us. The silence that followed was deafening.
"I've been wanting to ask... where is Dawn's mother?"
The moment the words left my lips, I regretted them. Garrett's face hardened instantly, his amber eyes turning cold as ice. The temperature in the room seemed to drop several degrees as his Alpha aura intensified.
Sebastian shifted uncomfortably, his usual relaxed demeanor replaced by sudden tension. Even Dawn, still clinging to my leg, seemed to sense the change in atmosphere.
Garrett's silence spoke volumes. Was he unwilling to answer? Or was Dawn's mother simply out of the picture entirely?
His lack of denial confirmed my earlier susp
