Chapter 29

LUKE

It's all fun and games before life gets in the way.

I had almost forgot why Alexi was even here. To protect her from the Dragons before the trial.

In order to prepare, we had to have a meeting.

We waited on Bastian to show up at the packhouse.

Alexi paced back and forth, chewing on her fingernail.

I'm sitting at the large conference table. My eyes following her. "Alexi, sit."

"I can't. I'm too nervous." She paces more.

"It'll be fine. We're just going over the game plan for the trial." I lean on the table.

"I know. I have to testify against my friends, Luke. This isn't sitting well in my stomach." She holds herself as she paces.

I walk around the table and stop her in her tracks. "I know its shit, but it's a condition of your freedom. Once your cleared, my pack won't have anything to say about you. It's what we want, isn't it?"

"Yes, but it still hurts. I grew up with most of these people, Luke." She looks at me with worry in her eyes.

"I know, baby. Just try to calm down. We are