It was dinner time.
Vespara didn’t want to go downstairs. Her face was pale and her shoulders curled inwards as if she was trying to disappear into herself. I didn’t ask why because her silence was answer enough. So, I offered to bring food up for both of us.
She had confided in me. She had cried in my arms, shaken with fear, rage, and heartbreak. No one had ever trusted me like that before. And even if I didn’t understand everything she was carrying, I wanted to protect her in the only way I could. She became a friend to me in this time. She did not held back anything between us.
Since we were already sharing secrets, she turned to me and asked softly,
“Can I ask you something?”
I had no idea what was coming, but I nodded anyway.
Then came her question and for a moment, I forgot to breathe.
“Did you come to the Alpha’s Ball?”
I looked at her, stunned. There was no reason to lie. What difference would it make now?
I nodded.
Her eyes widened, and then she broke into a wide grin.
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