Chapter 74: A Seething Holly, an Irritated Sam
Holly walked briskly across the compound, her boots crunching against the frosted ground. The laughter of children and the echo of Orion's laugh still clung to her ears. How was he able to laugh so freely with the outsider?
She had seen enough, more than enough. Orion, the Alpha she admired, the man she had thought untouchable, was letting that outsider occupy a space that should never have been hers. Sophia, with her bright eyes and awkward smile, and ugly face that Holly wished she could scratch every time she saw her, had been surrounded by children as though she belonged. And Orion had let it happen.
Holly's jaw tightened. Every step she took was fueled by the sting of rejection, by the hot twist of envy. She needed to release it, to pour it out somewhere before it consumed her. Without thinking too hard about why, her feet carried her toward the far end of the compound.
