Claire’s POV
I had no idea what the conversation was that I had just walked in on. I hadn’t really been listening to their words as I approached, lost in my own thoughts. But now that I was here, I wished I had paid attention.
The tension in the room was thick.
After a moment though, where they both stared at me with neither really saying anything, I brushed off the terse feelings I had just walked in on, deciding it was likely more Alpha posturing.
Gideon had arrived unannounced, breaking the terms of the agreement they had already decided upon. This clearly annoyed Ivan. In fact, he likely saw this as a kind of insult. It made sense then that he would be annoyed by Gideon, enough to give the room the kind of feeling like everyone was standing on the edge of a knife.
Since I had a
