Aria

Eyes On Me

I force my hands to stop trembling but my wolf was still alert inside me awake in a way she had never been before

Watching ..

Waiting ..

Dangerously aware.

“Aria.”

The deep voice cut through the noise.

My stomach dropped.

Alpha Ryan.

Slowly, I lifted my head.

His eyes were locked on me now sharp, calculating, nothing like the cold dismissal from earlier.

This was worse.

This was interest.

“What did you do?” he asked quietly.

I swallowed.

“I… I didn’t do anything.”

But even to my own ears, it sounded weak.

Unconvincing.

Ryan took one slow step toward me.

Then another.

The crowd shifted back instinctively, giving him space giving us space.

My pulse spiked.

Why was he coming closer now?

You already rejected me.

Leave me alone.

But my wolf…

My traitorous, restless wolf…

She didn’t shrink back.

She rose.

A low warning rumble built in my chest before I could stop it.

Ryan froze.

Just for a second.

The flicker of surprise in the Alpha’s eyes.

The whispers around us grew louder.

“Since when does an omega challenge an Alpha?”

My breathing turned uneven.

This wasn’t good.

Because the way Ryan was looking at me

It wasn’t with rejection.

It was with something far more dangerous.

Suspicion.

And interest.

And if I wasn’t careful

He was going to start digging.

Inside me, my wolf lifted her head higher.

Almost…

Ready.