Alexander POV
Eliana stopped in the middle of her step, and her breath came in her throat.
My instinct took over before I could respond and I moved in between her. Her fear surged. Mine sharpened. A threat?
But no.
A scent hit me—familiar.
Too familiar.
I turned to trees as the figure came into view in the silver moonlight. leaned up against a pine tree with her arms crossed over her chest and a cloak that barely covered the smiling snarl under it.
“Astrid?” I was struck dazzled. "Why the hell are you out here?"
Eliana came by my side hesitatingly. "Wait what....you know her?"
Astrid lightly booted off the tree trunk with a crunch on the pine needles. "Well, I'd hope so. I was in his baby pictures,” she said with a smirk, as if this were the most normal moment to make jokes.
Elia
