Stephanie's POV:
I walked beside Alex, the silence between us thick and suffocating. The awkwardness was almost unbearable, especially after what had happened, after the incident where I had stupidly snooped into his room.
The memory of his icy glare still lingered in my mind, making it hard to even meet his gaze now. He was so cold, so distant, and I couldn’t begin to guess what was going on in his head.
The path we took led us away from the pack buildings, deeper into the woods that bordered the far end of the compound. With each step, my curiosity grew, but I didn’t dare ask where he was taking me. Not with the way he carried himself, radiating a coldness that felt like a barrier I couldn’t cross.
The air grew cooler as the forest thickened, the canopy above filtering out most of
