The room was stuffy. I felt so uncomfortable sitting there, trying to discuss the s**t going on with me and how we were going to find Julia while the tension was so thick.
Rian had barely said a word to me. He barely said a word at all to anybody. He answers questions, but that’s it.
And he still hasn’t touched me. Not once. His arm isn’t even draped over the back of my chair any longer.
Alpha Max and Thyra walked in at the start of the tension, but no one revealed the cause of it. I’m not even sure the cause is something worth telling. I’m too embarrassed to admit that my mate placed his mark on a tattoo I got to mimic his nephew's during the time I thought I would still be Taegan's mate. My previous crush on Taegan was never a secret, even to them.
The older, burly Alpha was star
