Chapter 9 The Alpha's Gaze

• Aphrodite's Point of View
• The bathroom was silent, but the air between us had become thick - an unspoken weight that wouldn't shift. My cheeks throbbed, heart racing in my chest as Alpha Zeus's eyes stabbed into mine, an unblinking weight. Thoughts chased each other within my head as I hunted for a way out of the mortification that had just occurred.
• I couldn't move. My limbs felt frozen, as if I was caught in a snare of my own making.