Silvia's POV
I was practically dragged out of that suffocating lounge by Brian. His big hand gripping my arm felt like a burning iron clamp, the searing heat almost crushing my bones. I could smell the aggressive Alpha pheromones radiating off him in anger, like a wildfire, destructive and uncontrollable.
My heart was pounding, but not out of fear. No, it was something darker, more twisted—a sick sense of triumph.
I had won.
I had won!
Herbert's words might've sounded like he was standing up for Ashley, but so what? An Alpha—a powerful one like him, no less—would actually marry someone discarded by another Alpha? Someone with no wolf spirit, a total nobody? What a joke. This was just another childish game between Alphas to flaunt their dominance. Ashley was nothing more th
