#Chapter 277: Very Captivating

I’m a deer in freaking headlights here, shocked and unsure. Mrs. Hayes was more calculating, but Alpha King Hayes is no less deadly, no less threatening. The fact that he looks at me like I am some kind of treat he intends to enjoy only makes me feel more frightened and disgusted. I don’t want to let this man have control of my emotions like this, and I try to rein them in. Even if I am shaking in my socks, I don’t want this man to know it. The Alpha King’s introduction to me hangs in the air for an increasingly long moment, made more and more awkward when I don’t say anything in response. I just stare at him. Isaac clears his throat. “We, uh, are so happy that you came to visit us today, Alpha King.” He looks between Mr. Hayes and me as if trying to discern some unknown connection. There isn’t one. Alpha King Hayes only knows who I am because he is an evil villain who seeks to undermine his sons and use me against them. Isaac looks at me closer. There is a desperation in my