Melissa (Gabriella's POV)

I sat still while they discussed what fate would befall me. Startled, when the man he called Kirk came to the gate with Frin. The alpha walked away, leaving those men with me, a huge aura pouring from Kirk’s body.

“You heard what he said,” Frin said as he entered the cell, jiggling keys following his hands as he walked to where they locked the chains.

“I’d prefer if she died than check for things that would say the same thing I’ve already said,” Kirk said as he leaned on the bars of my cell.

“You can only do as the Alpha said. You can’t take matters...