Jane
The hallway fell completely silent. Every servant, every guard, everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at us. No one had ever dared speak to the Alpha King like that.
His eyes flashed with dangerous anger. “What did you just say to me?”
“You heard me perfectly,” Amber replied through my voice, completely unafraid. “I don’t belong to you or your pack. I owe you nothing.”
June stepped forward carefully. “Alpha King, please forgive her. Jane hasn’t been feeling well. She didn’t mean—”
“Stay out of this, omega,” Richard cut her off harshly. Then he turned back to me, his eyes burning with fury.
“You may not be part of my pack officially,” he stated in a low, dangerous voice, “but you live in my territory. You eat my food. You sleep under my roof. That makes you subject to my
