64. Kate

Transferring into Austin’s car, his blue eyes watch my every move. His face is set sternly, fiddling with his jewellery. Examining myself for flaws I force myself to look at him. “You’ll do,” was all he muttered.

Examining his own gilded watch, after a few minutes he casually added. “You remember what happened to Hugo don’t you?”

“Yes Alpha,” my hands clenched tightly in my lap. Like I could ever forget Hugo.

“To ensure you don’t get the same punishment when we return you need to follow my rules.”

He leaned forward and brushed a braid of hair from my shoulder. It was the slightest touch, but it felt like the most intimate invasion. His contact was unwanted, cold, and left me feeling dirty. No other pack leader would do that.

I asked myself for the thousandth time, why had Beta Glenn sent me here?

“The rules are, if you so much as say one single word to Alpha Dex you’re dead. If you give him a sad, pitiful look as though you’re not enjoying life in Greenway, you’re dead.”

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