Selene’s POV~
I could not move.
The file lay at my feet like a cri I had been caught with. The sound of the papers falling still rang in my ears.
Their eyes did not leave .
Aeron stepped forward first. He did not speak. He only pointed at the chair in the center of the hall. His gaze was enough. It told what to do.
My throat was dry. My legs shook. Still, I obeyed. I would not want to raise their suspicion more toward .
Slowly, I walked to the chair and sat down. My heart beat so hard that I thought it would break through my chest.
The three of them moved around . Like hunters circling prey.
Kael stood at my left. Luca at my right. Aeron straight in front. Their bodies closed in, leaving no escape.
The air grew heavy. I could feel it pressing down on . I could feel them pressing down on .
I did not understand their eyes. They were not cold alone, neither angry alone. There was sothing else. Sothing I could not na. Sothing that made my stomach twist with dread.
It would have been better if they had been in rage and barked orders to their beta or gamma to drag out of here, but no—they had decided to play with my emotions.
Countless questions stord inside my head. Did they know? Did they see ? Did they know who I was?
No. No, they could not know. If they knew the truth, I would not be sitting in front of them.
But still, why were their eyes so sharp? Why were they watching like this? Why did it feel as if they were looking past my skin, deep inside ?
I gripped the chair to steady myself. My nails dug into the wood. My whole body trembled. Yet in the middle of all this fear, another feeling rose inside .
It was wrong. It was wild. My heart was not only afraid. It was... beating like hell, and I was sure they could hear it too.
I wanted to scream at them to stop looking at like that. I wanted to demand what they wanted. But my voice stayed locked in my throat.
Aeron’s eyes stayed steady on . Kael’s lips curved as if he almost knew sothing. Luca’s stare burned the side of my face until I had to turn away.
I hated it. I feared it.
Three hunters. One prey.
And I was caught.
Aeron suddenly leaned down toward . Maybe he thought to end my misery and break this suffocating silence.
His face was just inches from mine. My breath caught in my chest. I wanted to move and blink, but couldn’t.
His stormy grey eyes locked onto mine. They burned into . My forehead grew damp with sweat. My lips parted, but no sound ca.
"Who are you?" he asked.
His voice was deep and low. It rumbled through like a storm shaking the earth.
The question slamd into my chest. My heart jumped. But a sigh escaped . Relief washed over for a mont. Maybe they really did not know who I was. Maybe they only caught for stealing, not for what I truly was.
So I decided to answer back with the lie I had already prepared in my mind. "Alpha... I am just a human girl. I was only trying to clean the room."
Kael gave a sharp laugh, low in his throat. "A human girl, cleaning, inside our hall?" He scoffed at my lie. "Do you take us for fools?"
The words sounded weak, even to my own ears. I knew the mont they left my lips that they would not believe . And I was right. None of them moved. None of them looked away. Instead, I saw it—the spark in their eyes. The curiosity. The interest. It grew sharper, hotter, as if my lie had only tied tighter in their net.
My lips trembled. My chest burned. I wanted to explain more. I wanted to give them a reason, any reason, for why I was near their file. My mind spun with excuses, one after another, but none seed strong enough to save .
"Speak," Aeron said, his voice low and sharp. "Do not waste our ti."
I swallowed hard. My words failed . My tongue was dry, my mind blank.
Aeron’s eyes searched mine. He studied as if he could read every thought, every secret, just by watching my face. Then, without warning, he pulled back. He leaned away from and sat down on a chair straight across from where I sat. His eyes never left .
Silence filled the room. My nerves cracked under it. Then, from my side, I heard the soft sound of water pouring.
I turned my head. Luca stood there with a glass in his hand. He was rather calm and quiet, opposite of the sight I had seen. His movents smooth, almost gentle. He poured the water and slid the glass toward .
"Calm down," he said. His voice was softer than Aeron’s but still heavy. "Drink."
My eyes snapped to his. My breath froze again. "Why..." I whispered, though the word barely left . "Why give this?"
My chest tightened. Suspicion rushed through . My gaze fell to the glass. What if there was sothing inside? What if he had mixed sothing? What if it was poison? Or worse, a drug to make surrender?
I looked at him from under my lashes, trying to hide the doubt in my eyes, but he saw it anyway. Luca’s lips curved, almost like a smirk. Then, slow and steady, he lifted the glass himself and drank every drop right in front of .
The sound of his throat swallowing filled the silence. He set the empty glass down and filled it again. His movents were slow, deliberate, as if he wanted to watch every second. He slid the glass back to .
"See," he said. His eyes glinted. "Now you can drink."
Kael leaned in close, his voice a whisper at my ear. "If we wanted to do sothing, do you think we would stoop so low?"
Heat burned in my cheeks. My heart slamd against my ribs. He had caught doubting him. He knew I did not trust him, but I didn’t want to give them the opportunity to doubt more.
So, without another word, I grabbed the glass and lifted it to my lips. The cool water touched my mouth.
Then only I realized just how parched my throat was... it was dry and aching. So, without stopping, I drank it all in one gulp. The water slid down my throat fast, cooling the fire in my chest but not the heat crawling under my skin.
I set the glass back down, my hand shaking. Slowly, I raised my eyes to his again. Luca’s gaze was steady. My breath caught. I did not know what would happen next. I only knew one thing.
I was already too deep in trouble, and these n were definitely toying with .
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