The Point System

POV: KAELITH

The heavy silence in the men's bathroom feels thick enough to choke on. My defiant words hang in the suffocating air. Alpha Elian stares down at me, his dark eyes unreadable, processing my rejection before turning his cold gaze to the disheveled woman clinging to his side.

"Leave," Elian commands. His tone is low and rings with unquestionable authority.

Taking that as my cue, I p