Chapter 12

Vladimir:

I watched as Arturo walked back with Audrey.

Her eyes were fixed on the floor, at her feet, mostly as if glued, as if she feared things going against her.

Her heart raced, and when she approached me, I wrapped an arm around her, catching her attention, snapping her out of whatever daze she was lost in. She looked up at me, and I could swear that I saw more pain in her eyes than she had when she walked inside her room to begin with.

Arturo and I shared a glance and the man shook his head, silently asking me not to talk about the subject. I looked down at the woman who stood in my arms, but she kept her eyes on both the Alpha and Luna that called themselves her family.

"I trust that we are going to be seeing one another soon? With the gathering of the eloping coming up…"