I held my breath as I felt his hand on my thigh, rubbing me gently underneath the table while he was talking with Ralph with a smile on his face, like nothing terrible happened last night.

Alpha Edison wanted me to sit beside him at the dinner table. Master Ralph and Lady Kendra sat side by side with all the other three members of the council, including the Alpha’s assistant, Richard, the tall, lanky old man who caught me, and Alpha Edison at the entrance of the Maze.

The whole time, I was silently eating the food that the Alpha preferred for me to eat. His hand had stayed on...