Chapter 13

Oliver's POV Ashton walked up, and the power radiating from him made it instantly clear who was in charge. The visiting Alphas picked up right where they left off, but Ashton let them ramble for barely a minute before raising a hand to silence them. "One of you can speak for the group," he said. It wasn’t just a command, it was a power move. I couldn’t help the smirk that tugged at my lips. The tallest of the three stepped forward. “As I told your guard, my name is Damien , Alpha of the Blackwood Pack. Those three women belong to me. I want them returned, and then I’ll be on my way.” “They ran from you and your men, and I know why,” I said coldly. “You can go ahead and leave. They’re no longer part of your pack. They rejected you and crossed hundreds of miles to escape whatever hell you put them through.” I didn’t want Ashton entertaining a single word of Damien’s lies. Not now. I wasn’t ready to tell Maya’s full story yet, that could come later. What mattered right now was making it a