ROWAN’S POV
As Elsie walked out of the throne room and got into the car, I couldn’t help but exhale. There was something in her eyes. A glint.It was almost like she thought I was wrapped around her fingers. I have been on earth longer than she has. And there was no way I was going to mistake the manipulative look I saw in her eyes earlier.There was one thing I had come to learn when it came to kids like Elsie. All I had to do was let her think she was winning. But it was going to be quite a shocker when she realized the person she thought she was playing, was actually the one calling the shots. That was the kind of drama that I loved to be involved in.She turned back one more time and gave me a devilish smirk before she got into her car. That only made me laugh. Kids were always going to be kids. And of course, she had proven that point.I had other important things to do for the time being. I headed straight for the Elder council room,LOGAN’S POVThere was something about the way Zach just walked into the pack like he was in control. I understood that he and Selene had some kind of business. But the confidence he had in him as he walked into the doctor’s office was something else. And then he asked me to leave like I was some kind of puppet that had been taking care of her this whole time. His exact words were “Trust me, even you would want me beside Selene.” Almost like he knew her more than me. I didn’t care what was happening, but I knew that there was something up between the both of them. Something that Selene wasn’t telling me. At first, it was the way she was blushing about the whole thing that had to do with him after the meeting. How nervous she was about her outfit when she was going to the park to meet him. All those things seemed like they were cute. But then, it was just getting serious. The way he practically bulldozed me out of the doctor’s office with his words and this sense of aura that he had.
ANA’S POVI hated the fact that the meeting had to come to an abrupt end like that. But I wasn’t even halfway prepared. The only thing I could do was walk away from everything. I hated the way Alana was laughing behind me. But then, what did I want to tell her? Did I want to scream at the top of my lungs and tell her that I was Selene? I wasn’t prepared for the childish fight. Something told me that it was just the beginning of the series of troubles I was going to be having with Alana. One thing I knew was that I wasn’t just going to give in to her stupid demands or the things that she was going to tell the Elders or the Alpha council. I walked into the palace, not acknowledging any greetings or people calling my name. I was barely breathing, and my heart was pumping in my chest. I really didn’t know how I was feeling about the whole thing. There was this feeling that I wasn’t going to survive Alana, and there was another feeling that just asked me to hold on because I didn’t have a
ANA’S POVThe peace didn’t last for up to twenty-four hours. I woke up to Logan tapping my legs.“Get up, Selene,” he whispered. “The Elders need to see you.”I buried my face in the pillow immediately. I knew that they had heard the plans about the alliance between Zach and I. But I didn’t have to keep them updated all the time, did I? I had other things to do. I had documents to go through, and I had things to sign and inspect. It was funny that they would ask for a meeting when they were still trying to get me to forgive them. I was doing a great job ignoring them, but Logan still tapped me again, repeating the same thing that he had done earlier. “In the early hours of the morning?” I groaned, and I heard him chuckle. “It’s noon already, Selene,” he said, and that was enough to finally get me to stand up. I hurried to the bathroom immediately, allowing the water drum against my skin. As soon as I got out, I took in the sight of Logan sitting wide legged, putting on only his pan
ANA’S POVI couldn’t hold back my smile as I walked back into the pack. There were countless times when Zach had offered to drop me off at home. But the meeting was a success for me. We still had a whole lot to work on, and a whole lot of things to still make decisions. A part of me was more than excited about the whole thing. I was already looking forward to more of the meetings. As long as he kept being the person that he was today. As long as he kept giving me a reason to try to keep myself together. As long as he kept having me trying to keep my mouth from telling him that I was Ana. The same Ana that he and Elsie had watched take her last breaths. He had requested for us to be friends. And even if we were having these little conversations that made the both of us smile, I couldn’t bring myself to accept another friendship with him. It was too risky. I could only hope that we were both going to have pack business, and it was going to be the end of it. I wanted to ask him the c
ANA’S POV“Is this informal enough?” I asked Anna, and she nodded for the umpteenth time as I looked at myself in the mirror. Zach didn’t go through anyone when he rescheduled the meeting. He had texted me, and I wanted to ask how he got my number. Did it mean that he had my number the whole time, but he didn’t just disturb me with calls? I hated how much I was thinking about the whole thing. But then, I didn’t have much of a choice. He had asked for a meeting at the park. A place where the both of us could be free, without judging the other in any way. And I couldn’t help but agree with him. The tension at the office was quite too much. The feeling that he was doing everything because he wanted me to accept the alliance was slowly slipping out of my head. He was doing everything because he wanted me there with him. He was doing it because he was a changed person. He was soft. He was the Zach that I first fell in love with. “Do you want me to come with you?” Anna asked, and I shook
ANA’S POVMy feet were bouncing off the floors the whole time as I waited for Zach to arrive. I had given him a specific time, and I promised that I wasn’t going to sit there and wait for him if he even did as much as waste one minute. He wasn’t one to come late, but I didn’t know if he had changed again. After all, he was the one person that I knew the most. And now, it was almost like I didn’t even know him anymore. He had shown me two versions of himself that weren’t even identical in any way. I didn’t know how long it was going to take me to get used to that version either. “Is he here yet?” I asked Logan, and he shook his head.“Are you excited to see him?” he asked, narrowing his eyes at me. It wasn’t a judgmental look. More like he was shocked. “I’m not excited to see Zach,” I said with the words leaving a bitter taste in my mouth as they rolled off my tongue. “I’m just nervous after the whole thing that happened the last thing.”“Same here,” Logan said, and I felt myself ex