Breanna

The tension between Alex and Reece was palpable. Reece cleared his throat.

"Look Alex, I know this entire situation with Breeana and Ari is extremely delicate but I want us to put this behind us to serve this pack fully and dedicatedly."

Reece tried not to cringe about how fake he sounded even though he actually wanted to iron out things between him and his childhood friend.

"Things aren't that easy, Alpha. You might have gotten your mate yesterday but my family took the hit for it. Breeana after being away from our parents for two years wasn't allowed to step foot into the house. And Ari? Ari was humiliated. She was hurt and she felt so betrayed that she tried to end her own life. How can I forgive you for that?"

Alex looked like he was a footstep away from getting extremely mad and violent.

Ari tried to kill herself? Reece had always felt she was too conscientious to try something like that. He felt a pang of guilt about the fact that he had been a contributing factor to that. If Br