VIKTOR. “Alpha?” Whirling around with inhuman speed, I caught sight of Andre, my beta looking at me with disbelief and joy, waring in his eyes. “Alpha!” he exclaims as he rushes towards me. “You are alive!” “Shh!” I snap. “Keep it down.” “What?” he asks in confusion as he watches me take several stones back. I can't afford to show familiarity to him. Rowan might be watching us right now. “Don't call me that!” I say. “Are you okay, Viktor? Do you know me? Maybe I should get..” “No, don't get anyone,” I say as I keep my distance. “I am alright, just undercover. So, you do not know me. I am not alpha, my name is Louis.” “Louis.” “Hmm.” “Alp — sorry, Louis, are you being threatened? No, that can't be it. Who can dare threaten you?” Andre, in addition to being my beta, is also my

