The silence between them was suffocating. Torches flickered against the stone walls, throwing jagged shadows that seemed to dance with her heartbeat.

Lia stood frozen, her lips pressed into a thin line. Every nerve screamed at her to speak boldly, to show Alpha Kieran she wasn’t just a weak pawn for him to move around his cruel chessboard. She wanted to spit the truth in his face, that she knew about his plans, that she’d overheard him and his Beta whispering about her being nothing more ...