Chapter 6

Alpha Rhye straightened from where he leaned over the engine of the ‘86 YNX he’d been restoring and braced his hands on the metal frame, peering across the garage to watch Livia work.

All evening, he’d been trying not to stare and to give her space. He always hated when Leon or Joseph would barge into his workshop to talk or watch him work whenever they were bored. The garage was his haven, and he knew Livia felt the same when she was around her tools and forge.

The last thing he wanted to do was intrude on his sweetheart, but despite his well-intentioned efforts, his gaze continuously returned to the sight she made as she melted and shaped metal from a formless sheet into something beautiful and deadly. Just like her.

So far, they've worked in silence. In fact, the entire day, throughout two more training sessions, lunch, and now work, had been nothing but her trying to remain mad at both him and Joseph for their unconventional training methods earlier. Her anger at that