Chapter 7: Out of My League
**Lily's POV**
I woke up to Marcus sitting by my bed, his hand wrapped gently around mine, and for a moment I thought I was still dreaming.
He was gorgeous. Not just attractive in a normal way, but devastatingly, impossibly beautiful in that way that future Alphas always seemed to be. Strong jawline, dark hair that fell perfectly even when messy, eyes so deep brown they were almost black. Even rumpled from what looked like a night spent on the floor, he looked like he'd stepped out of some romance novel.
And he was way out of my league.
The thought hit me with crushing certainty as consciousness fully returned. Marcus Thomas Storms—future Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack, strongest wolf of his generation, popular and powerful and everything I wasn't. What was
