Chapter 416: All It Takes Is One Loss

Chapter 416: All It Takes Is One Loss

Sergio offered his hand. "Mr. Hale, it’s a pleasure."

Both men stood tall, but Lewis carried the kind of quiet authority that didn’t need to announce itself the natural ease of an Alpha who had never had to fight for his place. Sergio was something else entirely. His energy was tightly controlled, every muscle held just a fraction too still, like a current running beneath still water. Their handshake lasted only a second, but it crackled two dominant forces measuring each other without a single word. When they pulled apart, Sergio’s interest in Lewis evaporated completely, like a door swinging shut.

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