Athena POV
A deadly silence falls over the alley, broken only by the sound of retreating footsteps. They all look pale as hell, and even the Alpha starts to crawl away from us. Huh. That’s convenient. Maybe we should have pushed forward sooner.
Mom isn’t going to be thrilled with this. But I am so done with hiding who I am. What good is a beta that never shifts?
The Alpha gets to his feet, and they all start to run away like their tails just caught fire, without as much as another word.
“Beta A-Athena?”. The warrior from earlier speaks up, and I whip around to face him.
“Didn’t I tell you to go?”. I raise my eyebrow at him. Clearly, he didn’t listen.
“I-I couldn’t leave you...”.
“Well, in all honesty, you really should have. If I hadn’t been able to scare them off, I could have rea
