BTFA

She blinked, and threw her gaze to the window behind him, and ever so slowly, she noticed the area around him, and a door to his left. She had never noticed it before. She tilted her head, noting how different it looked from the last time she’d come in here.

Then she realized why, shuffling forward, making sure to leave the door open behind her. “Why is there a door here? Where is the tapestry?”

Lino brushed his fingers through the length of his hair, untangling it, and it was hard not to stare at the beauty of it. “I placed it there. It used to be my mother’s chambers.”

Cassy noted the flicker of grief that went through him. It was brief and if she hadn’t been looking, she would not have noticed it. It must have been too painful to have to stare at the door every day, knowing he would never see his mother walk through those doors.

“This was my father’s before he died, and I became Alpha. There was no need to keep it open. Now, however,” he said, turning to meet her