Elvie
I paced back and forth in my room, my mind racing as I tried to get a hold of Tom. Why wasn’t he picking up? I clenched my phone tighter, staring at the screen with growing frustration. Each attempt to call him was met with silence, and it only made my anger boil over. What was he doing that was so important?
Before I could try again, the door swung open, and my mother, Jasmine, strode in. Her presence was as commanding as ever, her sharp eyes scanning me with disdain. She looked just as she always did—strict and unyielding, her features set in an expression that could cut through steel.
“What are you doing here and wasting time? Why the hell didn’t you go with your father to visit Alpha Jerry? You should be there too so Alpha Jerry will see that you are worried about him!” she
