A Night with My Alpha

g, or at least, she pretended to know. But today, there was something heavier in the air, a pressure she couldn't ignore. This internship, this company that seemed

e who could blend into the shadows to get the job done. But now, she had to show herself in a different light. Not just as a student looking for an opportunity. She had

r letting herself get down, for always seeing the glass as half full, even when life seemed to push her into a corner. Erynn hesitated for a moment. Everything inside her screamed that she had to focus on

t Camille didn't give him time to finish. "That's why you need a break. Come on, let

ing her down the street, leaving her anxieties for the evening behind her, tho

ughing, laughter echoing in the cool air, conversations intersecting in a lively cacophony. Camille pulled her into

y. People seemed so confident, so sure of themselves. Erynn, for her part, felt like an imposter, a young woman lost in the middle of it all, not knowing how to mingle with

n that she noticed him for the first time, without knowing yet that this cros

to move to draw everyone's attention. His gaze, the same one that cut through the crowd, settled on Erynn as if he knew exactly where she was, as if, without her realizing it, he had sensed someth

d measured, as if taking the time to observe her. "You're Erynn, aren't you?" The lo

se he recognized her, she was just another face. "Um... yes, it's me," she stammered, her heart rac

reading her thoughts, her doubts, her broken dreams. "Didn't Ca

There was something in his gaze that unsettled her, but she couldn't push it away. "I... I'm not sure I understand," sh

meet someone who's only interested in partying when everyone else around them is preoccupied with their care

to confide in strangers. But with him, it was different. There was something intriguing, something that compelled her to reveal herself. He looked at her f

never find themselves." There was a heavy silence between them, and Erynn felt her heart clench

thing to say. Not right now. "I... I should go." But she didn't move, anchored in that ga

e not done talking." And with that, he d

ing of helplessness washing over her. She wasn't sure what she was feeling at that moment, but one th

knew everything had changed. Not just fo