Chapter 254:Curiosity Killed the Omega

(Third-person's POV) Leo Vance knelt on the floor, his entire body trembling as Alpha Erik Blackwood's cold gaze pinned him in place. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and he could feel his wolf cowering beneath his skin. The silence in the room was deafening. "What gossip were you discussing? Tell me." Erik's voice carried that dangerous edge that made even seasoned enforcers quake. Leo's mouth opened and closed several times before words finally tumbled out in a desperate rush. "I was just telling Tristan about seeing you with Emma Chase this morning, how she was sleeping in your room and you were tucking her in, and I thought maybe she was going to be your potential Luna because no she-wolf has ever spent the night in your room before, and I was wondering if your... if your... you know... condition was fixed—" Leo slapped his hand over his mouth, eyes widening in horror at what he'd just admitted. But the words had already escaped, hanging heavily in the air between them. Erik's e