Neville glanced around the store and noticed something else.
Two women had entered shortly after them, a young alpha with auburn hair and her companion, a beta with sharp features. They pretended to browse, but their eyes kept drifting toward Gloria's selections.
When Gloria chose the water droplet pendant, the auburn-haired woman immediately moved to look in the similar display. But she didn't pick the same piece. Instead, she selected something comparable in quality but distinctly different in design—a chain with a teardrop sapphire rather than a silver pendant.
Neville instantly understood what was happening.
They were following Gloria. Not in a threatening way, but in a social one.
They wanted to match her taste, her standards, be on her level, but not so closely that they could be accused of being a copycat. It was a delicate dance of wealthy social dynamics that he had never seen before.
