VIVIANNE

I forced a smile, though it felt stiff and awkward on my face.

Why did it have to be him?

Of all the Alphas in the world, why did it have to be the one man I knew through Yelena? I took a breath, trying to steady the sudden erratic rhythm of my heart.

"I could ask you the same thing," Alpha Tristan said, his gaze sharp. He looked at me, then at Loren, his expression unreadable.

He was trying to piece it all together... the Alpha of Crescent Pack sitting with the director of ...