We climbed in silence, attentive to the presence Belona had warned me about. Alessandro soon felt it too and stopped me just as I was about to move ahead. As he did, his hand impulsively moved towards my chest.
If it weren't for the need to keep quiet, I would've shouted, but I reproached him only with a furious glance, yet Alessandro overlooked what he had done and placed a finger to his lips, indicating for me to be silent. I felt his breath against my neck as he whispered.
" I'm afraid she's a Beta, and it seems she's waiting for us.”
I alarmed. The last thing I wanted was a confrontation.
“What should we do? Is there any way you, as an Alpha, can tell her to let us pass?” I replied in a barely audible murmur.
“That's not how it works. Our only option is to confront her, and do it
