Savannah: The Pack's Outcast
Her grip tightened on Kai as if she feared Zhao might snatch him away.
But before she could turn and vanish, as she had done countless times before, Zhao stepped forward, the predator cornering its prey. “Don’t play games with me, woman.” He snarled, the years of pent-up bitterness spilling over.
Savannah felt like a trapped fox, every nerve ending in her body humming with danger. “what do you want?” she spat, her voice cracking. “I don’t even know you!” her denial, though fierce, lacked the conviction she needed it to hold. Her trembling hands and darting eyes betrayed her, whispering a truth she desperately wanted to bury. Zhao could see it plain as day—the clicker of recognition in her ey