Ruby’s POV
I couldn’t help it I was irritated. Not raging, not devastated, just… tired of the awkward stares and the thick tension that clung to me like a second skin. I’d expected some friction, sure. I just didn’t think I’d feel this invisible and feared at the same time.
After being escorted to the island’s largest shopping mall, I quickly realized just how fast word traveled in a pack. Especially when it involved the Alpha snapping someone’s neck for me. That news had apparently reached every corner of the territory.
The weird part? The wolves were polite. Too polite. The kind of respectful that was less about admiration and more about fear. Every store I entered came with trembling hands, stammering apologies for things that didn’t even happen, and eyes that darted away the second
