SCARLET'S POV
PRESENT TIME
The moment my gaze fell on the Alpha, fear gripped me and my heart raced with a loud echo. The look on his face sent chills down my spine and my breath came quick and shallow, as if the air in the room had turned hostile.
Every part of me wanted to turn back and leave but my mother's mind was already made up. And it would be so disrespectful to interrupt the Alpha's schedule without any good reason.
Alpha Thomas' gaze bore into me like daggers, and resentment grew from within me. Every glance between us felt like a challenge and I lowered my head when I could not take it any longer.
"We would like to speak to you about something important," my mother said, yanking me from the depths of my thoughts. "We are only asking for a little bit of your tim
