Chapter 87. Just the Beginning

Sitting next to him, I swallowed hard, my heart pounding in my chest. I stared at him, waiting for him to speak as I continued to silently beg the Moon goddess that this wasn’t what I thought it was.

The former alpha brought the glass to his lips, taking a long sip of the liquor. He twisted his face and I just knew that it had burned his throat.

Then he placed it on the counter before giving me his full attention. “We need to talk,” he began. “I don’t think I can do this, omega. I have an amazing reputation and doing this would ruin it. I don’t want to go down in the history books as a villain or as someone who killed a member of his own pack.” He shook his head slowly, keeping his eyes on me.

I scoffed in disbelief while staring at him. “You’re joking, right? There are almost a million people who are going to be tuned in to this press conference in twenty minutes or less.”

“Almost a million? We have half a million people in this town.”

“The witches and others