Elisha's POV

Respect.

It came with being beta. Enormous. Thrilling. Breathtaking. You'd give an order and it was carried out with the speed of light. Something I'd never experienced before. I felt powerful. I could do anything.

No one challenged me. Everyone feared Barlas. And so they in turn feared me, his beta. His word was law.

Just the other day, he had decapitated an omega for breathing too close to him. A cruel thing to do.

Effective nonetheless.

I didn't want to be feared or ...