h authority and latent tensions, because it gathered several alphas in the same place was always a balance of balance. Both gauged others of the gaze,

And yet, it had been called. His name was now circulating among them, no longer as an echo of the past, but as a necessity. His talent, his kno

, listening. Then a presence struck her, an invisible w

as t

ured posture. But she felt it. Like a current under his skin, a pressure in the air, something

r breath. He was only one man amon

y, he

rs of absence know. No. There was simply this look, this moment when their eyes met an

ing deeper than a simple surprise pa

not lo

d not

s how he

the girl who had l

r jaw contract, as if he was fighting against something he di

dissipated in the bustle of the discussion

ad fe

d

be responsible for a charge that she could not ignore. He was there, just a few steps, his presence as disturbing as it is imposing. She knew that she had to k

rstorm that rumbled in her. Then he spoke. His raucous and cold voice echoed in t

for a moment for too long on her. This situation is delica

hese words gave birth to a tension that she could not ma

n her seat, her eyes

brought me here, not my links with you. There is no

mmediate, sharp,

lips. You are right. There is nothing left. But w

nful memory dating back to the surface. But she did not give in. She tu

, as if everything surrounded them had become secondary. The voices of others w

nd she knew he was still able to injure

ng even more subtle was add

. He couldn't help frowning. He could not have defined it, but this

erstand. The smell had slipped into the air, invisible but persistent. It was like

trange familiarity. But FL, without the slightest sign of destabilization, made a head

er, this smell persisted. A mystery that he could not have resolved that day,