“I am.” Larissa smiles, a genuine one that lights up her whole face. “I kinda knew I wasn’t going to get chosen. The boys I was with weren’t really interested in me like that. They chose other women, you know. Every single one of them. They all had girls in mind even before approaching me. I was just fun to them, but not mate material.”
I didn’t tell her, but I always thought she was going to be chosen. Every boy in our pack had a crush on her and when we got to the Assembly, she caught everyone’s attention despite her identifier saying she was in the poorest pack.
Looking at her now, she didn’t look bothered. She looked content.
Larissa looked like she wouldn't have it any other way.
She lowers her voice as well, eyes glancing behind us. “Pete hasn’t left his house. His arm never he
