Elena POV
Almost instantly, he moved back and pulled his hand away, averting his gaze from mine. “it’s no longer important.”
I narrowed my eyes at him, “tell me.”
He stared at me in silence for so long that I began to question if he had even heard the statement. Just as I was about to ask again, he spoke,
“Why didn’t you tell her no?”
I blinked once. Twice. Then carefully, I asked, “why didn’t I tell who, no?”
He huffed out a long breath like he was annoyed, yet he held my gaze. “Cassandra. Why didn’t you refuse when she brought up the topic of us going on a hunt by ourselves.”
My jaw dropped open, “but you’re not going by yourselves, Alpha Caleb is going along with you.”
I shook my head to refocus, “wait, hold on. Is this the question you wanted to ask me?
“Why?” His voice was lo
