CHAPTER 43

KATHERINE. I hadn’t been expecting that so my mouth fell open and it was clear that Poppy didn’t too because her mouth did the same. The comical look on her face made me want to burst out laughing and I realized that Poppy was also from what most people in this ballroom would consider a ‘small pack’. To them, she wasn’t more important than me and we were both at the bottom of the ladder. This scene was quite eye-opening and just like when she threw her drink at me, students who saw what happened snickered. Poppy glanced around and from the look on her face, it was clear that she wanted someone to step in on her behalf, but no one did. Not even her father who was sitting a couple of feet away from her. I hadn’t known that he was here because I hadn’t seen him and now that I had, I swallowed. Alpha Dawson had a stern look on his face as he stared at his daughter and when I glanced at Poppy, she was also staring at him. Then she dropped her gaze to the floor just as two men in suits wa