Phil's POV
For a moment, Vera was patiently seated by the round table with some pack elders and my beta. I couldn't wait to be done with introducing Lucy to some of our special guests. But as I turned my head towards Vera again, she was gone, no longer present at the round table.
“Hey.” Lucy grabbed my attention. Her smoky eyes hovered over my worried face. “Over there.” She pointed to a man and woman, one of my special guests as they discussed from a distance. “Yeah, what about them?” I asked, my concentration barely centered on her. Instead, my gaze scanned the crowd in the room. Vera wasn't here. Where could she be?
“Phil, are you even here?” Lucy's voice drew my attention away from the crowd.
“Our hands are entwined.”
“That's not what I meant.” she retorted. “If you badly want to
