Emerald Pov
The room is awkwardly silent as we all look toward Nova. The tension is building as we wait for her to return the word. To say ‘mate’. The longer she doesn’t say anything the more my mind is screaming. I really thought that her being mated to Alpha Maximus was another one of Amber’s spells. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe she is actually mated to Alpha Maximus. I watch her and her eyes finally lock with mine. She reads the question on my face and her face grimaces before she slightly shakes her head.
I look around the rest of us and the only other person not related is Raven. My eyes widen as she stares intently at my brother.
“We should all give Arlo and Raven some space,” I announce and start trying to shoo them out.
“Wait, Raven?” Jessabelle asks and looks at Raven. So does
