Chapter 167

Delilah

I didn’t expect him to come.

I did not expect him to be willing or to be able to look me in the eye without flinching.

The door creaked open slowly, and the scent that followed was unmistakable. Power. Command. Pain masked in composure.

I straightened in my place, despite knowing and swearing that I wanted nothing more than to end the man. I found myself submitting, involuntarily.

Alpha Kael.

I turned my head slowly from the window, the dull ache in my side still pulsing from the bullet. He stepped into the room without a word, shutting the door behind him. His arms were crossed over his chest as he looked at me. Strong, dominant, powerful and charismatic. All the traits that were supposed to be in an alpha.

“You,” I hissed, my voice laced with venom. “You’re the last person I ever want to see. And you are the last person that should have dared to enter my room.”

He didn’t speak.

Not at first.

His gaze roamed