Bastián moved before anyone else in the hall understood what was happening.
The first thing that changed wasn’t the sound of music but the air itself.
The pressure shift was so sudden that the music seemed to drift in the middle of its own beat. Wolves nearest us stilled at once, their bodies reacting before their minds caught up. Conversations died in bits, glass paused halfway to mouths. The whole hall seemed to draw back without anyone ordering it to.
I felt it in my bones.
Bastián’s Alpha aura hit the room like a slammed door.
The rival wolf was still standing in front of me when it happened, still wearing that lazy little smile like he had every right to claim whatever he wanted. That smile vanished the instant Bastián’s gaze locked onto him. The man’s shoulders tightened, his br
