Aliona’s POV
I didn’t know what Julian was thinking when he told his teammates we should all take a break by the beachside. A vacation, he called it. A chance for his enforcers and warriors to breathe after days of relentless training. I’d only been in Silverstone Pack for a short time, but I’d quickly learned one thing about Alpha Julian Romero: he wasn’t as cold as everyone believed. Not really.
He could be calculating, commanding, and ruthless when the situation demanded, but he also looked after his people. That was why they followed him without question. That was why, despite everything—despite the looming war, despite the fact that I was nothing more than his medical assistant—I found myself agreeing to follow him to the beachside retreat.
I told myself it was only because of duty
