Author's pov
Deception had been his choice, but Ethan no longer regretted it.
What haunted him wasn't the lie itself but his failure to find out where Alpha Damien was before going to Carolina Herrera that day.
That single mistake had set off the chain of events that ended with Alpha Damien and Aria face to face.
Since Alpha Damien's return almost a year ago, Ethan had lived carefully, planning every outing with Aria like a covert mission.
He knew deep down that if she ever learned who he really was, she would walk away and never look back.
He had tricked himself into believing he could keep the truth hidden forever.
In his quiet moments, he imagined marrying her and taking her far away, somewhere Alpha Alpha Damien would never find them.
The large halls of Rothw
