CHAPTER 198 The Trembling Alpha

  ~ RIG ~

  Things remained tense, but it was clear there would be no fighting. So, Stephen soothed his wolves, Cara stepped in front of me and wrapped her arms around my waist.

  ‘Are you okay?’

  ‘Of course not. But… I mean, I’m glad. Of course. I just… this doesn’t seem real. I can’t believe he did it. What he put us through.’

  Cara nodded, her expression darkening. But before we could discuss it further, Stephen tapped my arm and tipped his head for us to follow.

  It was exactly how he used to beckon me to come with him when I was sixteen and in awe of my twenty-year-old brother. It made my heart leap and plummet in the same moment. I was so off balance I was afraid if anyone came at me I’d just watch them take my throat, because my brain couldn’t seem to hold everything that was spinning in it.

  Thankfully, I must have covered better than I thought, because no one was looking at me, worried, except Cara.