SECRETS FROM THE OTHER SIDE

"Alina Starfall, you made a promise to me and you broke it!" Aleksander thundered, his accusing fingers pointing towards her as his eyes blazed with fury.

"Aleksander, I-I don't know—" she stuttered, her voice trembling.

"It's Alpha Aleksander to you!" he bellowed, his chest heaving with rage.

Alina's panic escalated, her hands shaking, her knees weakening, and her vision blurring as tears pricked at the corners of her eyes.

Her mind raced frantically, trying to recall what she might have done to incur his wrath, but her desperate glances around the room and at Ellaine yielded nothing.

With a trembling hand, she reached for the glass of water to quench her dry throat, only for Aleksander to knock it out of her hand, eliciting a collective gasp from everyone.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Aleksander bellowed, his outrage so intense that he swept his arm across the table, sending plates crashing to the floor, food spilling everywhere, and shards of ceramic flying in all direc