Echoes of the Past

Kiana -

"Anya Flahtry," I said, staring into the man's kind eyes. He lifted my hand to his mouth and kissed the back of it. "Pleasure to meet you."

I tried to hide a smile. No one had ever done that to me before.

"Speaking of pleasure, are you the new girl who has taken my grandson's fancy?"

I chuckled, It's nothing like that. I am just a pack member whom he took in."

"Then say no more."

I smiled up at Paul and wondered why I had never seen him before.

"I am retired, and now I serve the council," he said as if reading my mind. He had a kind and gentle aura about him, which made me feel instantly at ease. Old Alphas usually became council members, and I vaguely remembered that whispering shadow's Alpha was on the council. Fortunately, I had never visited the council meetings with Dion; otherwise, he would have recognised me immediately.

"I met my wife on a night like this," he said with a light chuckle. Then he sighed. I could tell he was thinking about her. "It was the year 1900, and