Chapter 105

Lisa's POV It didn't take long for the plan to form, and once it did, Brayden and I were already halfway across the clearing, leaving Jack behind. I didn't know if that was smart or suicidal. Probably both. Brayden didn't talk. He walked like a man who didn't need to speak to be understood. Shoulders squared, gaze forward, jaw clenched. An Alpha, through and through. The kind that expected obedience, not conversation. And I gave him silence. Because truth be told, I didn't trust myself to speak either. Not with how fast my thoughts were spiraling. I was being sent back into the lion's den, pretending to be a loyal dog. If Aisha so much as caught a whiff of doubt on me, I was dead. She wasn't the same girl I'd once shared secrets with at midnight under the dorm lights. That version of her was gone. The Aisha I knew now was sharp, suspicious, and cold in ways I didn't know how to counter. "She'll know," I muttered finally, breaking the silence. Brayden didn't look at me. "Then be convinc