Damien POV
The party is in full swing, I’m sitting beside Claire in front of a giant banner, everyone’s talking and laughing and telling us how wonderful all of this is.
And I’m miserable.
I hadn’t even known my family was planning this, but when they told me it was happening I hadn’t really had a choice. It was my child. This was also now a major pack event, and making it my job as leader to be there.
I wish I’d just put in an appearance, made the rounds to say hello to the heads of the major families that came, then duck out early. I wanted to get home to Amelia. There were things we needed to work out.
I need to make her see that the whole situation with Claire has nothing to do with our marriage, our bond. Amelia is my mate, and nothing can change that. Not even the fact that Clai
