Isabella's stomach dropped, staring at her phone.
"He yell at you?" Serena caught the caller ID.
"No. Just told me to get home. But I can tell he's fuming." Isabella fired off a text to her mom. The reply came fast. Her eyes went wide. "He wants me to apologize to Eira? Seriously?"
Serena's eyes snagged on the line underneath.
[ Something else. Sebastian had something bigger he needed to ask.]
Her gut clenched. Had to be about Eira. Which meant it was about that day at the Sterling House.
Alpha Sebastian had been drifting closer to Eira lately, further from her by the day.
"Don't sweat it." Serena stroked Isabella's hair, sweet as pie. "Bet Eira's whispering in his ear again."
"Right? This is all on her." Isabella pouted, easy to play as ever. "Sebastian's been ri
