Freya’s pov
The girl got close to me.
“What if your Alpha can’t do anything? What if he’s one of them? What if he’s the one who orchestrated this whole plan? What if he just wanted to get rid of you? What if he has some sort of investment with them?”
“So many what-ifs,” Lila grunted, her breathing becoming labored. “And most of them could be true, but… I’ve met a lot of corrupt officials. The one who just showed up, the beta, as you called him,” she looked at me. “He’s not corrupt. He looks like he wants to kill, like he’s here for blood. That look in his eyes is not the look of a man who cares about how much you have. It’s the look of a man who just wants justice. Who would not mind slicing people’s necks just to get what he wants.”
She let the silence take over for a minute before go
