Chapter 13: New room
ARIEL'S POV
The words had slipped out before I could stop it.
Alpha Viktor's frown deepened, and I immediately wished I could disappear—vanish into the ground and bury myself under a mountain of sand.
Why did he have to be so terrifying?
Thick silence settled between us for less than a minute but it felt like eternity.
"I—sorry," I muttered quickly.
He towered over me, and I didn’t dare raise my head, even after remembering what he said at the porch.
Then came his clawed index finger, slipping under my chin, tilting my face slowly until I was forced to meet his emotionless gaze. I looked everywhere but his eyes.
Oh goddess… why are his claws out now?
"Did I not say you must not gaze down when we're having a convo?" he asked in a really calm tone, but there wa
