Chapter 6 — YOU AFFECT ME
Evelyn’s POV
The silence between Alpha Raphael and I stretched heavily across the dining table.
I kept my eyes lowered, painfully aware of every half-eaten piece of bread and every stain of stew left behind on my plate. My earlier hunger had vanished completely, replaced by humiliation curling tightly in my stomach.
Raphael, however, looked entirely unaffected.
He ate with controlled movements, calm and precise, as though every action had been practiced a thousand times before. Even holding a fork somehow looked intimidating in his hands.
Meanwhile, I sat there trying not to breathe too loudly.
A few moments later, the doors opened quietly and servants entered the dining room.
None of them looked directly at Raphael or me.
They moved quickly, collecting t
