HE DID EAT, BUT HE couldn’t have said he tasted much, most of his attention was always on Aalyan, who seemed intent on staying in a corner and not talking to anyone. The kids who’d approached earlier had left him alone and the adults were doing the same, probably trying not to overwhelm him with their attention. The whispers about his blessed status had mostly died down after a week of knowing the leopard. But he was sure it always took a newcomer some time to learn to live among a different people.
If it had been any other day, Ghian would have gone over to him and dragged him into a conversation with someone with whom he had something in common, but today he could understand Aalyan needed the space and he’d respect that.
The omega didn’t look his way even once that he could tell and th
