~RILEY’S POV~
As if Solomon Bates’s coming to my abode isn’t odd enough that he wishes to speak to my wife now. Not having the authority to say much in the matter, I lead the respectable elder of our pack to the parlour, where I observe a slight change in Harriet’s temperament. She appears neither agitated nor buttoned up and even offers the guests tea and snacks.
What’s even more bewildering is that she is carrying herself with an unusual confidence and amiability, something that I have never observed in her, which funnily wins Sir Solomon’s fancy. Because of the same, the war chief approbates her to be a worthy choice.
Knowing how the marriage is a consequence of an arrangement with the Alpha and not my own design, I can only offer him a smile in response, which I am sure could’ve d
