Chapter 41

CLAUDIA. I back away, letting myself get pressed against the wall, certain that I won't be pushed this way. But the Beta seems to have other ideas now. He marches toward me, his lips pulled back in a snarl. “Who the hell do you think you are? We are not allowing anyone to enter. Especially some unknown like you. And yet you come here like everyone has to adjust….” “I’m sorry,” I mutter as he prepares for another attack. “I will go out now. I just wanted to see who it was and when I—" The Beta is not listening to him anymore. He just takes me by the shoulders, his nails digging into my skin, and is about to throw me out of the door, but someone enters. The Beta drops me, his face suddenly pale. I quickly wriggle away from him and find that Achilles is here. 'What's happening here, Benjamin?' he asks, his voice clear in my head. The Beta names Benjamin doesn't seem to understand his words, but it seems that he got just enough to answer, "The intruder is here, Alpha. I specificall