Aiden’s POV
"How did you, the mighty Aiden Thorne, end up guarding a wolf pup?"
My eyes never straying from the 'pup' as she smiled and mingled with people in the festival, Edward trying and failing to grab her attention, I debated answering the question asked by Curt Reyes, the oldest surviving member of the Reyes coterie and consequently Lord of the Western vampires, answerable only to my Uncle by virtue of being a member of the six-man Vampire council.
We were standing on the roof of one of the buildings, giving us an unparalleled view of the festivities happening below.
Me?
I was only interested in one particular view. Her.
"She is important to the Krionas, and the new chief is a friend." He didn't need to know that she was important to me. Too important.
He laug
