Fragile Ties and Broken Trust

Thalia

By mid-morning, the quiet inside the clinic shattered when the door swung open without warning. The former Alpha stepped across the threshold, his commanding presence impossible to miss even in plain, everyday clothes.

I shot to my feet behind the desk, my heart kicking hard against my ribs. "Elder, I didn't know you were coming by. Is everything okay?" A dozen worst-case scenarios involv