Chapter Title: A New Path
Arda caught a glimpse of her newly manicured nails and smiled. She liked the way they looked, but the sight also brought back a memory—Gillow’s earlier refusal to let her fix them in the first place.
“Alpha,” she said quietly.
“Yes, mate?”
“About my nails… Did you tell Karina to discourage me from fixing them?”
Gillow didn’t even pretend to feign ignorance. “Sure.”
Of course, he wouldn’t deny it. That was just how Gillow was.
“She mentioned you were entertaining the idea during one of her sessions, so I told her if you tried it, I would have her head.”
Arda’s heart skipped a beat. “But it wouldn’t have been her fault if she couldn’t stop me.”
“True. But I didn’t care.”
“That was mean, Alpha.”
He chuckled. “I know. But… with my understanding today, you h
