Chapter 42: Wrong hour visit
ARIEL'S POV
Alpha Viktor looked calm, but his gaze pinned us with such quiet intensity that a shiver ran through me.
How could he make me feel like I was doing something wrong, when he was the one about to marry another?
I quickly excused myself, leaving Maeron behind. He looked rather amused.
As I reached Viktor, I felt tempted to speak—to tell him I didn’t want the gifts or anything else from him. To yell, to warn him to stop leading me on, only to tell me later it meant nothing.
So many emotions clawed at my chest, hot and overwhelming. I clenched my fists to keep them from shaking, fighting the urge to meet those eyes... those eyes that always stripped me of strength, of sense, of every wall I tried so hard to build.
But I couldn’t say any of it. N
