P.O.V. Sofia Sitting on the floor of King Alpha's office, I tried uselessly to hide my shame. Like an unbending fool, I ended up sitting on King Alpha's lap, when in fact I should have been kneeling at his feet, overwhelmed by his power. I don't know what happened to me, but I feel out of my depth in the presence of this man. I realized that the Alpha King and his Beta talked through the mental link. Surely it was something about me, especially what had just happened. I was embarrassed, but I sat down again at the Alpha's feet and stayed there, trying to hide my existence. When the man got up to leave, he glanced at me and I could see that he was analyzing me as if trying to decipher some enigma. As soon as I was alone with the Alpha King, he touched my face, making me look him in

