Ria's POV.
I swallowed the lump that seemed to rise in my throat as I glanced at alpha Zade's extended arm which begged to take things from there. How was it possible that he was even doing this? Besides, what exactly did he want to achieve by doing this? In the meantime, I lifted my gaze to him, bereft of words then I turned to face Matthew whose grip I felt was slackening around me. I knew that he was about to let go or would do so sooner than later, but I didn't want that to happen. I didn't want him to leave me in the hands of alpha Zade who's rather unpredictable with his words and actions.
If anything, just like he had escorted me down to the hall, I wanted him to do so till I got in line with the others and also, just as he stood up there in the gallery cheering me on, I wanted hi
