48. Sophia

"Gentlemen, why are you lurking around my territory?" Kaden asks the Alphas. I've counted ten of them and they came in more than twenty cars. Each with at least four enforcers. That is around fifty people who showed up unannounced. They're all outside the entrance because Kaden refused to let them in. But the moment they force their way in, it's war. Is that what they want? To declare war against Kaden?

"We're looking to buy some land around here. Rumor has it that most of it is empty" a short man with thick eyebrows and greasy hair says.

"All of you?"

The man smirks, sticking his hands in his pockets "Why not? We're competitive. I believe more Alphas are on their way"

(That is a warning. He's trying to tell me that if they fail, more people will keep coming at me until I'm dead)

The words float around in my mind. It takes me a moment to realize that Kaden is communicating with me the same way he does with Leander. But how should I respond?

"Let us not w