Chapter 35

Valerie's POV

The last person I expected to see at the banquet was Alpha Varg.

It had been months since I'd last seen him, but the memory was sharp and unpleasant—like the taste of blood in the back of my throat. Every prior encounter with him had been a careful dance. He always looked at me like I was a challenge he couldn't wait to claim: the kind of man who didn't take no for an answer, who t