FREYA
Edna’s words hung in the air, heavy and suffocating.
“You know I’ll have to tell the Alpha about this, right?” she finally said, her voice quiet, almost reluctant. “He was the one who asked me to examine you.”
Her statement was simple, but it landed in my chest like a stone sinking into dark water. I had known it already, but hearing it aloud stripped away the thin veil of denial I’d been hiding under.
Yes, of course. Nero would have to know.
That was the harsh reality I couldn’t escape, no matter how much I wanted to.
My lips parted, but no words came. I sat there, staring at her, as if maybe I could will the silence between us into something else, something kinder. But there was no kindness left in this place...not for me.
The truth was, Nero didn’t send me to Edna out of ca
