Days passed since that Elder Council meeting. Even though nothing had been sent by the World Council, Raina knew it would eventually come. If they hadn’t been on the World Council’s radar, they certainly were now and there would be retribution for what happened to one of their own. Until that happened, life continued with the same old complicated chaos.
It had been a couple days since Raina’s monthly bleed stopped, but she hadn’t told Kian yet. He probably knew by scent, but he hadn’t mentioned a thing. For the last couple days, his eyes had burned into hers willing her to tell him the news during their evening ritual of tea and desert, but she had kept silent. It could’ve been her secret hope that he was looking forward to it. She could’ve just imagined that he knew, because he was an Al
