44. Athena
Shedrack cleared his throat beside me as if wanting to calm the tension that was brewing among us three down.
“My lady, this is Nick. She will lead you to the training grounds of the pack.”
My heart, which had just started to calm, resumed its wild thumping. I could feel the tremor in my hands and whole body and I was certain the two of them could see it. But I refused to show weakness. I was, after all, the Luna.
I could tell even without asking that these two didn't like me much and they were just tolerating me because of Alpha Lorenzo.
Nick, the tall, broad-shouldered giant of a woman before me, gave a tight-lipped smile, one that didn’t reach her piercing honey-brown eyes meaning that she wasn't being genuine.
Her long braids, neat and golden, were pulled back and hu
