Paris’ POV
Everything now depended on Dave’s next words—on whether things would return to how they were and he would abandon that absurd claim he didn’t even seem to believe himself. Now that Conlan had confronted him directly, I saw his initial lack of confidence falter, and, hopeful, I thought he was about to back down.
Everything would go back to normal, and I would be happy again.
“For us, what you’re saying makes no sense either,” I heard Doris say at the exact moment Dave seemed about to retract.
What the hell?
She wasn’t even the one who should be answering.
“Conlan asked Dave,” I said immediately. “This is a decision for the Alpha to make, because he is the one who signed the letter.”
“And I agree with what my Luna is saying,” Dave replied at once, buoyed by the confidence D
