One Alpha.
I told Bria that I tried hard to lead like him—with authority and respect—but I lied.
I stared down at Holden lying on my desk, his body covered in deep claw marks and his clothes soaked in blood. With drenched hands, I picked up his carcass and handed it to Adan, who snatched him from me and scrunched up his nose.
“Get him out of my office before someone spots him here,” I said.
“You owe me,” he said, then glanced out the door crack and sprinted down the hallway.
After I slammed my office door, I ran a blood-covered hand through my hair and swept all the ruined exams and papers off my desk and into a trash bag, cleaning my school office as well as I could before someone saw.
I was no One Alpha. I was an alpha who would do anything to protect his mate.
Even kill.
Once ev
