FAYE
We were in the car after we left the officers place. Alexander hadn’t started driving yet. He had one hand on the steering wheel, but he wasn’t looking at the road.
He wasn’t looking at me either. His eyes were fixed somewhere ahead, unfocused, as though he were still chewing on every word the officer had just laid on the table.
I leaned back against the seat, arms crossed, watching him out of the corner of my eye. His expression was rigid. The Alpha mask he wore so effortlessly, as if he was carved out of stone cracked a little. I could tell he was thinking too hard, spiraling. And I also knew he could feel my gaze on him.
He didn’t turn his head, but his voice broke the silence. “You were right.”
I blinked, caught off guard. His words hung in the air.
He finally shifted his g
