Alpha Adrian POV
“Dad, what the hell?” The words tore from my throat the second my eyes clashed with his.
“What was this all about?” I was still sprawled on the cold training mat, chest heaving, when he rose to his feet like the collision had been nothing more than a casual greeting.
“A lesson,” he said calmly, brushing dust from his sleeves as he walked toward the white couch. “And you passed this one.” He sank into the cushions, leveling me with that unreadable Alpha stare. “But you failed the first.”
I pushed myself up, jaw tight. “What was the first lesson?”
“An Alpha must keep his word.” He gestured for me to sit closer. “You told those teens fifty push-ups. You stopped at twenty-five.”
Heat crawled up my neck. I hated when he was right.
“They never would’ve survived fifty,” I
