Kiara sat silently around the dining table, her eyes darting needlessly across the room instead of fixating on her food or him.

She couldn’t tell why, but she wasn’t hungry, instead of eating, she wanted to lock herself inside her room and never come out.

But would he ever let her do what she want?

Sighing, she looked towards the window when chatting came from outside, that along with steps that did not equate to one person.

But she knew who they were, their scents were embedded in her mind after staying with them for so long last night.

Gabe and that weird one Damion.

Now that she thought about it, the alpha had told them to come over when he collected her last night. It was a little early, but the fact that there would be other people here inside this big, lonely house felt better... especially since she wouldn’t be left alone with this cruel alpha.

Her eyes drifted towards the hallway when she heard the front door being pushed open. The footsteps, the chattering...everything got l