Chapter 89

Lyra

Oh my Goddess.

He just said it. Out loud. In front of everyone.

“Listen up. Everyone.”

And when I say everyone, I mean it. Every single soul in that hallway froze. The kind of freeze you only see in movies where time stops and the music cuts out and you just know something dangerous is about to happen. It was like the air itself got scared. Like even the oxygen knew not to mess with Damon when he spoke like that.

Then someone said it.

“Is that not Alpha Damon?”

A girl was staring straight at me now. Her eyes were huge. Her mouth was wide open. Her face looked like she had just seen the Moon Goddess herself descend from the sky and declare me queen.

And then someone else whispered, “Tasha’s dad, right? The strongest Alpha to ever exist?”

Another voice, this time shaky and terrified, added, “I heard he ripped a rogue’s head off with his bare hands. Didn’t even shift.”

I couldn’t move. I couldn’t blink. My whole bo