Lisa’s POV
The entire drive was silent. Neither Alpha Cain nor I said a word. The silence was suffocating, yet I didn’t dare break it. My gaze remained fixed out the window, but my thoughts were anything but calm.
How had it come to this? How had Alpha Nathan handed me over so easily to his friend? I thought he was changing. I thought I saw guilt in his eyes. I thought, stupidly, that he might feel something for me. But I was wrong. Every thought, every hope, had been a lie. The truth was harsh and bitter: Nathan was a beast.
I closed my eyes, swallowing the lump in my throat as I struggled to steady my breathing. What kind of man was Alpha Cain? Would he be worse? Would he be kinder? I didn’t know, and that uncertainty terrified me. A tear slid down my cheek, and for the briefest momen
