Chapter 208

ANDREA’S POV The car rolled to a stop just outside the Alpha compound, its silhouette looming under the overcast sky. I stared at it through the windshield, my fingers clenched so tightly around my seatbelt that my knuckles blanched. The very sight of the building made my stomach twist. This was supposed to be our home—mine and Kade’s and the twins. But fucking Clara wormed her way in and ruined everything. I never should’ve agreed to let her stay. From the very beginning, I should have slammed the door in her fake innocent fucking face. My breath lightly fogged the glass as I exhaled. I hated the effect Clara had on me. I hadn’t seen her yet, and already, bitterness coiled around my ribs like barbed wire. I’d thought she was another bimbo thirsting after Kade. I’d hated myself for being insecure and letting her push me out of this place. But now? It was so much more than that. She was a manipulative snake. She’d worked with Blackstone; she’d tried to ruin me. She would pay. Beside me,