Olivia
“Prove it.”
Nathan towered over Ryan, his very form exuding the energy of an Alpha who was protecting his pack. At that moment, I felt proud to have him by my side.
Ryan’s cold sneer seemed to hang in the room like a shadow. Without uttering a word, he slowly lifted the hem of his shirt, revealing a network of raised, pink scars marring the pale skin of his abdomen.
I involuntarily inhaled, my mind struggling to process the proof of his claims. On top of that, he produced a sheaf of papers from a folder, medical records and reports that detailed every injury, every surgery.
“Believe me now?” Ryan’s voice was almost a whisper, the slight quiver in it revealing an unexpected vulnerability.
My heart clenched. This was the man I once thought I loved, the biologi
