Chapter 126 The Alpha Who Knelt

• She nods slowly. “The hottest man I’d ever seen. Brooding. Quiet. But his eyes… they looked just as lost as mine. I couldn’t stop staring. And when he came over and sat beside me, I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest.” Her voice softens, a dreamy look flickering across her face.
• I chuckle softly. “You? Nervous? That’s new.”
• She smirks. “I didn’t know who he was, Kali. I couldn’t feel rank or dominance anymore—my wolf was gone. So to me, he wasn’t an Alpha. He was just… a man. A stranger who, for the first time in years, didn’t look at me like I was broken. We talked. Drank. He didn’t pity me. He laughed with me. He made me forget.”