ELARA
I don’t get time to breathe.
The moment I step out, Claire is there, waiting. She's burning with fury.
“You think you won you b***h?” she snaps, her voice sharp enough to cut.
I don’t respond immediately.
I just watch her.
Because I already know, this isn’t going to end with words.
“I didn’t take anything from you,” I say calmly.
She laughs is bitterly.
“Everything you are is beneath me,” she spits. “And yet—he chose you.”
There it is.
The truth behind her anger.
Alpha Scavia is here already and I feel him before I see him. He's somewhere behind me. Close.... too close and watching.
But he doesn’t step in. Not yet.
This is my war, not his.
Claire lunges forward at me. She's fast and furious.
I move on instinct.
I dodge her first strike easily, stepping aside as she o
