The pressure all around between us was thicker than the mist that frequently covered the forest external Verauno. Asher's presence overwhelmed the room, as it generally did, but for once, I didn't feel eclipsed. I wasn't the omega he could excuse any longer. I wasn't the mate he'd dismissed.
I was something different at this point. Furthermore, he knew it.
I folded my arms and leaned against the stone wall, keeping my demeanour unbiased as I sat tight for him to talk. He had gathered me here — a strange move for somebody who had once made a respectable attempt to avoid me as much as possible.
The committee chamber felt excessively enormous for both of us, the unfilled seats and long wooden table just stressing the heaviness of the quietness between us.
"You needed to talk," I said at l
