Chapter 37

37 Breakfast Drama

Mara

Alpha Vander finally decided to grace us with his presence, and the room shifted. Everyone stood. He offered a smile-to Lucian, then to me-and settled into his seat at the head of the table.

We sat too, though my body suddenly felt too stiff. I couldn’t ignore the unease crawling up my spine. Being in the same room with that man always did this to me.

His apology for what he’d done-and Martha’s slap-on-the-wrist punishment-meant nothing. I didn’t trust him. I didn’t hav

e to.

“I see you two have grown… closer,” he said, the smugness behind his smile as obvious as the shift in our scents. “Should we expect a claiming soon?”