FAYE
The silence between us didn’t feel empty—it felt loaded, like everything unsaid was pressing in from all sides.
Alexander stood across from me, his posture rigid, his expression blank. The office felt too quiet now, stripped of Kyle’s presence, stripped of movement, stripped of distraction. Just the two of us and the decision hanging between us.
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
Then Alexander exhaled slowly, the sound controlled but heavy, and I knew this wasn’t going to be easy.
“This is becoming a problem, Faye. It's getting out of hand.”
He looked frustrated, but so was I. And I wasn’t going to back down now. I had already gotten on his nerves. I might as well get what I wanted out of it.
“You’re putting yourself—and the pack—at risk over someone you don’t know,” he contin
