Silence stretched through the air like a thick layer of ice. The tension was so palpable that a knife would slice through it.
My chest heaved up and down heavily, with invisible smoke fuming out of my ears. The elders looked taken aback by the sudden outburst.
"How dare you raise your voice at us?" one of the Betas used his Beta voice on me, which made me whimper, but I refused to bow my head in submission.
Seeing this, the elders burned red. "Submit to me!" he ordered, his aura wrapping around me like a mountain. The pressure was so thick that I could feel my knees shivering, my fingers clenched around the table.
'If I submit now, how could I raise my head again?' My fingers dug into the wooden table. "NO," I yelled at the top of my lungs.
Growls vibrated through the air, the chairs screeching against the ground. The elders stood up with their fangs baring at me.
