Bound by the Alphas

#Chapter 7 Three Mates

Anila POV

Heat rushed to my cheeks.

“Do you normally talk about these things so openly?” I asked. “In front of everybody.”

Before he could respond, Harley’s voice stopped him.

“Look, I don’t want any part of whatever is going on,” he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the ground. He ran his hand across the back of his neck, and I saw that his face was flushed. “Xaden is my best friend and he’s an Alpha. I don’t want to compete for something I don’t fully understand. It’s all very confusing.”

Harley seemed to be the rational one of the group.

He was trying not to make eye contact with me, but it was a losing battle because once in a while, his honey-colored eyes would catch my wandering gaze and he’d hold it.

“Thank you, friend.” Xaden’s response was clipped, his eyes softened as h