Chapter 115
Kross
The doors of the arena groaned open.
The crowd hushed instantly, breath catching as every eye turned toward the entrance. A heavy silence pressed down on the air, thick with anticipation.
And then entered the other Alpha's who entered their names in the trial and person I was least expecting to see.
Vanya.
Every single sound in the arena—the crowd’s restless chatter, the shifting of boots against stone, even the pounding of my own heartbeat—went mute. My mind short-circuited. For a split second, I couldn’t breathe.
My mind staggered. No. No, this couldn’t be real. My throat went dry, my breath caught, and for a heartbeat the ground beneath me tilted, like reality itself had betrayed me.
She was supposed to be safe.
I had sent her away with Father last night, made
