Chapter 4

At eleven that night, Alpha Lucien called. I was in the living room with my parents and missed it.

He called again an hour later. I silenced the phone, turned it off, and went to sleep.

I slept until noon the next day, and when I turned my phone back on, I was surprised to see over a dozen missed calls. Curious, I opened WhatsApp.

To my surprise, Alpha Lucien, who usually kept his distance, had sent several messages in a row:

[What do the key and note mean?]

[Forgetting your birthday—is it a big deal? Is playing hard to…