Chapter 21

Jaxon's POV

I shiver at the newly unsuppressed memory. That was the first time he made me watch him kill someone, but it wasn’t the last. As the years went by, he even forced me to participate, calling it a part of my “Alpha training.” I can only be grateful that he never made Melanie go through that.

“Jaxon, you okay?” Melanie asks softly, ripping me from my thoughts.

I clear my throat. “Of course. Let’s see what he wants.”

We walk across the marble floor to his Alpha’s office. I knock softly on the door before entering. He sits in his brown leather armchair behind a massive desk. His cold gaze meets mine before shifting to Melanie behind me.

“Melanie, you never returned home last night,” Alpha growls, clicking the pen in his hand with an irritated rhythm. “Where is your sister?”

I sense her tense up, but she keeps her composure. “We’re staying at Bliss’s house for the week. I thought you and Mom would enjoy some time alone during your last week as Alpha,” she replies with a convincin