Chapter Seven
Desmond
I sat at the bar in the corner of the room, my fingers tight around a glass of amber liquid.
I was surrounded by several of my Alpha friends, the men I had grown up with and trained with. Usually, being in their company made me feel strong and steady, but tonight, I felt a heavy, dark cloud hanging over me. I could not understand what was wrong with Ana.
The way she had looked at me earlier, the way she had spoken to me—it was all wrong.
She wanted to reject me.
The thought alone made my blood boil. How dare she? I was her Alpha. I was her mate. I was the man who had given her a place in this pack when everyone else looked down on her. In our world, the Alpha held the power, and the Luna was the heart by his side. She did not have any right to ask for a rejecti
