Clara’s POV
I froze, my heart hammering so violently against my ribcage I was certain he could hear it. Footsteps approached from above, and then he appeared at the garden entrance, his amber eyes narrowing to dangerous slits when they landed on me. The two men who had been with him—Beta Xander and another wolf I didn't recognize—flanked him on either side.
"You," Alpha Darius growled, stalking toward me with the predatory grace of a wolf hunting its prey. His face contorted with rage, a muscle ticking in his jaw. "What are you doing out here?"
My mouth went dry as sand. "I was just—"
"Eavesdropping on pack business?" His voice rose to a thunderous roar that made me flinch backward. "Poking your nose into matters that don't concern you?"
His face was a storm of fury, eyes flashing gol
