Chapter 35. The Tension in the Dining Hall

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 my thigh since the start of the dinner, and it started to make me feel a little uncomfortable. There was this tingling sensation between my thighs that his sensual hands were causing me. But despite his possessive hand, he was so focused on listening to the conversation of the three members of his council, who were discussing the trade and the supplies they shipped to other nearby countries. The ones t