Serena:
His question lingered between us, heavy and impossible to ignore. For a few seconds, I couldn’t find a single word.
I had spent years hiding what I was, years learning how to suppress my scent, how to quiet my wolf, and how to pass as nothing more than a human slave. It had kept me alive longer than I ever expected, and I wasn’t about to let one Alpha unravel everything simply because he had a sharper sense of smell than the rest.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said, keeping my voice steady, watching as he raised an eyebrow. “I’m human.”
“Are you?” He asked, smirking as if he could easily read through my lie.
“Yes.” He hummed under his breath, and something about the sound irritated me. “You don’t believe me?”
“Not even a little.”
I clenched my jaw. “Then why b
