Chapter 181

ARIA'S POV

My heart was racing as I stood still. I gripped Kieran’s sleeve so tightly that my fingers hurt, trying to come up with the right answer to Alpha Mason's question.

“I…I guess…it is,” I stuttered, feeling overwhelmed with fear.

“Well, then,” Alpha Mason said, his voice calm. “Why don't we put an end to this nonsense, huh?” His eyes glinted with smug satisfaction as he spoke. “Come on, Princess. Don’t struggle needlessly. I'll take you just as you wish, so let’s go.”

Mason’s words sent a shiver down my spine. I knew I had told him to take me, but I just thought that maybe he would call my bluff. Just maybe.

I was terrified. Very terrified.

He spoke as if he had already won, as if there was no point in resisting him.

My mind screamed at me to fight, to say something, but the words caught in my throat.