Zara Celine has been in the room all along and I could see how she followed me with her eyes. My presence obviously made her uncomfortable and I was certain she would do everything within her power to get rid of me. I did not care, so long as she was quiet in this space. I was still obviously vexed and kept telling myself I was not jealous she was engaged to Zaccai. It had to be that her father had banished me unjustly. But then, if he had not banished me, I would obviously be married to Zaccai, right? I had gone to stand beside him and speak up because I could notice how uneasy Alpha Tank's inquisitiveness was making him. I might want to humiliate him but it was not something I would permit for another person to humiliate him. I defended him strongly by trying to make it seem we had

