I moved to the counter slowly, ignoring the stares behind me. I needed something to hold. Something normal. Something hot.
“Coffee?” I offered half-heartedly, reaching for a mug.
“Here?” Lizbella scoffed from behind me. “No, thanks.”
I glanced over my shoulder. “Still think the Lycan Kings are cursed?”
Her mouth twitched. “Still think you’re not?”
I forced a tired smile, pouring the coffee anyway. “Suit yourself.”
She stepped into the kitchen finally, her heels clicking softly against the floor. Kai had disappeared somewhere—I didn’t know when—but Kieran was still nearby, quiet. Watching. But he was holding a magazine of ladies in bikinis.
But it was upside down.
Idiot. Eventually he got up and left.
Kylan also disappeared to.
Regardless Lizbella stood beside me. She was still as beautiful as ever. Perfect and the kind of woman who never seemed to have a hair out of place.
Lizbella’s eyes didn’t leave me. “So… the only reason I finally get to see you again is because the council
