Chapter 53

Morning light seeps through the curtains, cool and pale. I let out a yawn and stretched my arms before I stood up and folded my blanket replaying the scene last night. Not the reception where I was being the talk of town, not when Faye spilled my dress, but rather the moment Lucien’s mouth was on mine and the way he helplessly clung to me on my shoulder, inhaling my scent while waiting for him to ‘cool down’. Kaya was also restless from it, pacing in my chest as if she too, couldn’t wait to claim him as ours. My thoughts were taken back when a knock came and before I could say something, Kathleen had already stepped in with a folded piece of paper in hand. “Council’s courier just arrived. Final round of ‘clarification’ meetings before the vote and they want you today.” I take the notice, scanning the neat script. “They’ve scheduled each Alpha and Luna separately.” “I’ll get my coat,” she says and was about to move but I stopped her. Shaking my head, I sighed. “It says here that I have