"What are you doing here?" Ava asks as soon as she sees Aliona in Blane's office. He sent for her, telling her that she needed to come to his office urgently, but she didn't expect to see Aliona at all.
Aliona postpones her leaving for Blane's pack for a few days, telling Drake that she needs to recover from her illness, but Drake, realizing that she is trying to get rid of his command, gave her a new order and she had to leave immediately to find Ava.
"I'm sorry, Ava," Aliona tells her.
"Aliona, what happened?" Ava asks, seeing that she starts to cry. Lately, it seems that's all Aliona knows how to do, is to cry. She cries in anger, she cries her nerves, she cries in spite of Ava, she cries because she doesn't think it's right what is happening.
"Drake, he sent me to talk to you and tell you to come back." Aliona said, raising her head. "I didn't want to come, believe me, but he ordered me and I couldn't resist."