Chapter 154 The First Dance

Aubrey’s POV

When Mariana suddenly appeared, I didn’t say a word. Instead, I turned to Alpha Henry, curious to see how he would handle it.

His expression hardened instantly, his pupils narrowing into a dangerous slit under the light. “Something you need?”

The coldness in his voice was a sharp contrast to how he’d just spoken to me moments before.

The werewolves around us immediately picked up on the shift in the air, the low murmur of whispers spreading like ripples across water. Mariana clearly hadn’t expected him to greet her with such chilliness.

She glanced at me, smothering the resentment in her eyes with a smile.

“Aubrey looks beautiful tonight. But Aubrey used to be Henry’s fiancée, so it wouldn’t be right for her to open the dance with him. What a pity. I was really looking forward to seeing them open together.”

“Looking forward to it?”

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I arched a brow, then took Alpha Henry’s hand, my lips curving. “Well, since you’re so eager, I wouldn’t want to disappoint you. Alpha, shall we open the dance together?”

The center of the hall had already been cleared for the opening dance, waiting for the evening’s main figures. At my words, the surrounding werewolves began to cheer, closing in to form a circle around us.

Mariana’s expression soured completely.

relationship with Henry, it’s not really appropriate to dance with him. Why not let my cousin here dance


let out a quiet, derisive laugh, but before I could answer, Alpha Henry reacted more strongly than I

toward the unfortunate gamma, and the crushing pressure of a top alpha filled the space in an instant. The poor man didn’t even make a sound before his legs buckled and he collapsed to the floor, cold sweat beading on his

hand, and strode onto the dance floor, declaring for

world, I only dance with

widened, and she hurried after us.

his

who said you could call me

with

knives. From behind Alpha Henry, I tilted my head,

don’t call me Aubrey,” I

with fury, the faint glint of her canines showing as she teetered on the edge

Alpha Henry, taking our

that was when


a few basic steps at the last minute. My partner was supposed to be a beta who would dance

his touch burning through the thin fabric, making my skin prickle. Around

my head. “With a face like yours, they’ll be too busy staring to care how well

lips together and focusing on matching

steps.

I’d never seen him dance before, yet his movements were so effortlessly graceful it was as if he’d been born knowing

“Focus.”

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