---- to be completely honest, the hope got the better of me again. Alpha Dorian turns, glancing at my father before tilting his head to the side as he watches me. "I do have one condition, though." Alpha Dorian chuckles a few times as if he's barely holding back laughter. Did he really say something so amusing we're all supposed to laugh? Did | miss the joke, the memo? | glimpse my father, clearly he missed the joke too as he waits to hear this condition. | have no idea because | can't follow his words. My thoughts are still circling around one statement - beating me into submission. Every idea and scenario that ran through my mind for the past week stands nowhere close to his actual intentions. On the bright side, | kind of predicted | wouldn't last long with this man. | guess that's not anything bright or promising, but at least I'm right in my assumptions. ---- Perhaps I'm a fortune-teller because | always insist that every rumour has some bit of truth in them. And now it turns out that, after all, all the rumours about Alpha Dorian are true - he is a monster. "A condition?" My father perks up, a wide grin spreading across his lips. "Mhm," Alpha Dorian hums, moving my head from side to side as if to figure out if it's symmetrical. "| need her tested. She must be a virgin. That's my condition."