Chapter 91

Silvia My feet rooted to the floor as I took in the unsettling tableau before me. A small Asian girl stood cornered. Barely five feet tall. Tears ruining her makeup. Her entire body shook. I'd seen her around - always quiet, always hiding behind textbooks. Her usually perfect braid now fell apart, strands sticking to her wet cheeks. Two figures stood between us. Alpha Wade Lawson towered over her. My stomach twisted at the sight. He remained expressionless as usual. Yet something moved behind those cold eyes. Annoyance? Shame? Whatever it was, it broke his typical stone mask. The air grew thick with tension, heavy and suffocating. The girl's entire body shook, her face blotchy with tears and smeared makeup, eyes wide with silent panic. "Is everything alright here?" I managed, my voice coming out softer than intended. Damn it, I sounded like some inexperienced freshman who'd stumbled upon something private. But this felt different—the fear rolling off this girl wasn't the kind that foll