SOLD TO THE ALPHA KING
Maia Wardadored by my ruthless alpha
After a while Maren stepped back into the shadows again and disappeared the same way she arrived, like she had never been there at all, and Bailey stood alone for a few seconds before turning and heading back.
That was when I stepped out.
She froze instantly, her head snapping toward me, and I saw it, the brief flicker of shock before she controlled her expression again.
“Declan,” she said, her voice steadying too quickly, “you’re not supposed to be here.”
“And yet here I am,” I replied, stepping closer, “what was that.”
She hesitated.
That hesitation told me more than anything else.
“Tell me,” I pressed, lowering my voice.
Bailey looked at me for a long moment, then sighed, like she had bee