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CHAPTER 57
~Dristan's POV~
I stopped right in front of her, but she didn't move. Brielle didn't breathe either. The raw fear emanating from her was unbelievable.
She was trembling. I could hear it in the stutter of her heartbeat.
"I-I'm sorry, Alpha," she whispered in a barely audible voice. "I didn't know you were around."
I frowned, arching my brow slowly. What the hell was she talking about?
"I already learned my lesson the last time," she added quickly. "Please don't… don't show me again. I—I swear, I've been good."
Show her what?
Before I could speak, before I could even process that weird, crawling thing clawing at the back of my mind, my name rang out behind me.
"Master Dristan."
I turned to see my chauffeur standing by the black SUV awaiting me.
"We must leave now. He's waiting."
I looked back at Brielle. Her head was still down, fists clenched tightly by her sides like she was holding on to something only she could see.