CH51 - Kai's POV

At first, the silence between us is deafening. However, once we’ve found a more secluded place away from the party, she finally breaks the silence between us.

“You’re not originally from this pack, are you?” She asks, her friendly smile only serving to annoy me further. I do my best to hold back whatever emotions are welling up inside of me. “What’s your name?”

“Kai,” I tell her. “And you are…?”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Anita,” she responds and then leans in and gives me a good look over. “Oh! You must be that other pack’s old alpha. Right? I heard a little about your pack’s situation! Probably for the best. You don’t look as strong as my Cedric. The other packs would have wiped you out!”

I hold back a snarl, but my nose still twitches in annoyance. Yet what upsets me more isn’t the insult of how strong or weak I look, or how easily