AHOTE
There's been something off about Alek's behavior for the past few days. At first, I thought it was because I disappeared in the morning after he marked me, but we talked about that and that didn't seem to be the case at all. Though my anxieties about Alek feeling strange about me getting up and just going for a walk with my brother without even greeting him good morning were then addressed, I still couldn't shrug off the worry about the way he avoided my gaze or stared at me intently when he felt I wasn't looking.
It was like an itch, but I wasn't sure if it was best to scratch it or leave it alone.
A small smile touched my lips as the sound of Elan laughing filled the air. I was sitting at the stairs of the porch with my knees drawn up to my chest, and my head resting on them. Al
