Rebirth Of The Alpha Queen: It's Payback Time!

e my skin prickle and my pulse hammer in my ears. The faint scent of cologne and polished metal l

d his head slightly, deliberate in the way he studied me. Even under the dim streetlight filtering through the ti

awake,"

re, in some life long buried beneath years and memories, that voice

ss, sensing him despite the seal on my power. Memory and instinc

reath catching in my throat, but

asually, one hand resting on the leather se

impression," he said, his voice eve

scanning the street beyond the car as if

ar, pushing aside the pull of sentiment. Not th

kind of family war I had only glimpsed in visions from my past life. A

ail. The faint scuff of the carpet under my shoes. The tiny fleck of light glinting off the knife tucked into the si

letting my voice sound calm even

enly, his gaze unwavering. "What matt

arched an eyebrow, my thro

a smile. "Among others. You've dra

of fear that had been building. His c

rp, sudden, echoing against the buildings around us. My heart

. The tension in his muscles told me he wanted to move, wanted to fight. B

d smiled so easily, laughed so freely... was human after all. Despite the aura of

e car was a cage and there was nowhere to go. But someth

n the echo of gunfire, but they came out before I could second-g

ou know?" he ask

"You've always found a

on asphalt, shadows darted across the street. But inside, the a

. The sound cut through my chest, sparked something long d

ressed my hand over his, stopping him. "No," I

yes met mine.

didn't reach her eyes, the way she thrived on fear and pain, it all surge

she stepped inside. Pale, sharp-eyed, unmistaka

hat wasn't yet spilled. My senses sharpened, every muscle taut,

me, but it didn't diminish the heat of anticipation rising inside me. I

never leaving hers. "Because I won'

a wolf, eyes flicking to me, then to Damian. "You think you've

nd I matched her tone, calm and da

en threats. But inside, the car had become a battlefield, a crucible wh

memory, of instinct, of past mistakes I refused to repeat. My hands met hers midair; fin

ther, we became a single unit, a blend of human and beast, strategy

ords. Her eyes darted, searching for weakness, but found none. My

earned in my previous life that haste broug

g like fire in the night. The threat was real, immediate. Lilith's mask of co

d, and it wasn't a thr

"Together," he said. And in that single word, the bond we

Her fury was palpable, but so was fear. S

: the metallic scent of blood in the distance, the tremor of tires on asphalt, t

. I was no longer the prey. No longer the frightened girl trappe

d Lilith... she would