*Nickolas Pov*
The night was kept alive with people's laughter and the clinking of glasses, and their hum of celebration. Delilah was smiling and look so happy beside me. It was everything she had wanted.
And yet, I needed to get away, to get some fresh air.
I walked out of the Hall into the dimly lit hallway, I pulled out a cigarette from my pcoket. The noises were fading as I walked further from the hall.
I was lighting the cigarette when movement ahead caught my eye.
It was Eleanor. She stood near the entrance to the pack’s storage room, speaking with one of the house attendants. She held a ledger in her hands, she was giving instructions to the attendants.
while everyone else were celebrating, she was working—handling the pack’s affairs.
I should have walked past her and shoul
