Chapter 31: Friends and Foes

I felt just as halted in my tracks as the shifters who stood in front of me. Erich led his mother in our direction and I wasn’t sure if I should curtsy or bow. The guards in front parted allowing Erich to reach for my hand and bring me forward to face his mother who seemed to tower over me like an angelic willow.

“Sasha Sloan, allow me to introduce you to my mother, Fya Asmund, former Luna of the White River pack.”

I extended my hand to his mother and bowed my head and gave a slight curtsy as she gripped my fingers.

“It is a great honor to meet you… Mother Asmund,” I said.

She gave me a curious look and then eyed me up and down in the same manner as the butler had upon my first arrival. I continued to hold my head high as I considered the great care Nyla had taken with my appearance.

My dark hair was pulled back in a long braid and my face was lightly painted in a pale peach tint with darker eyeshadow and peach lip gloss.