The silence that followed Anita's departure felt heavy, suffocating. My mind raced, piecing together the fragments of information, the things Anita had said. Despite a few inconsistencies that niggled at the back of my mind, I thought of two possibilities, each as unsettling as the other. Either Draven has been weaving an intricate web of lies around me, or Alpha female and Anita are deliberately trying to plant seeds of doubt, aiming to tear Draven down.
As I delved deeper into my memories, replaying conversations, observing past interactions, a chilling realization dawned on me. Could everything I believed to be true, everything our relationship was built upon, be nothing more than an elaborate lie? The realisation felt like the ground was crumbling beneath my feet.
The thought sent s
