Blaze came back to the villa a week later . He originally meant it to be a surprise for Ella. The first time he had ever attempted such a thing, but Ella was not there. Lucian sent her a message on his beast wire to keep her day free. Not calling it a date, but she texted back and said she would. She had spent the week being pulled between Silas and Nerion’s constant need for her attention, and she missed her other mates as well.
She had kept the day free.
Then at six in the morning his beast wire had gone off and kept going off, and by the time she arrived at the garden quarter he was already sending his apologies. An emergency council session. Called without warning. He could not move it.
She had stood in the garden quarter for a moment looking at the message.
Then she had sent back
