Alpha Gideon’s POV
I had a feeling something like this would happen.
That’s why I told one of my trusted guards to keep an eye on Dan the moment he returned. I didn’t trust his sudden appearance—not with his history, and certainly not with the way he looked at Vera.
Trouble follows men like him.
I was pacing across the room, my mind racing, fists clenched in frustration. The fire burning inside me was growing stronger by the second.
Then the door swung open, and one of my men stepped in, breathless and tense.
“We searched everywhere,” he said. “There’s no sign of either of them.”
I stopped in my tracks, my chest tightening.
“They vanished after everything they did?” I asked bitterly, voice sharp with disbelief.
Cowards.
I turned toward the window, staring out at the dark forest i
