VALENTINA
Her questioning gaze almost tempted me to share my recent risky experience, but I hesitated. Carmella's situation is becoming increasingly dangerous, and it would be best to keep Rey uninvolved.
Therefore, I shook my head. “Nothing serious; I was just trying to guide my own training under the moonlight.”
"Oh?" Her eyes were still watching me, trying to detect lies in my words. "You mean waking your wolf?”
"Hmm, nothing happened, though," I said. "So, did you eat dinner?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Nah," she sighed. "After you left abruptly, I waited for you to return and then came out to look for you.”
“I thought you went back home,” I said as we entered the pack house and were greeted by the servants who crossed our path.
"Not yet," she responded, loo
