Aurora

Cloaked in fear, I could hear my father's pulse beating in his ears as sweat began to tickle down his forehead despite the air-conditioned room.

Horror embalmed his eyes when his phone beeped the second time, indicating a message he received from the Alpha King.

He tried to stay as still as possible to avoid drawing attention, but his teeth began to chatter in fear.

I restrained myself from walking up to him to see the content of his message as his fear started to spread to me, like a communicable disease.

What could the Alpha King ask that put my father in this situation?

My father could withstand...