Chapter Fourteen

Klaire's POV

My eyes are with with fear and my heart beat is beating so fast. I forgot how to breathe as I stare at my captor.

And no, it's not because I'm afraid of them. It's because of what they could have possibly see. How long were they following me?

He gently removed his hand and stepped back. "I'm sorry if I startled you."

"J-Josef." I swallowed and my eyes began to look left and right. "What are you doing here?"

"I should be the one asking you that, Klaire. Why are you outside when it's curfew? Are you not afraid that you'll get punished?"

I looked at my best friend and tried to read his emotion, but his face is void of one. "I just wanted some fresh air, and I was being careful, Sef."

"Careful?" He repeated and barked out a laugh. "Klaire, you are secretly meeting the Alpha or Mountain Peak. Zella's pair-to-be. And you're being careful?"

My stomach dropped at what he said and how angry he looked. There it goes. I've been caught and it's only been two days!

"Do you