Honeymoon

Alpha Damon:

When Silver returned from making herself acquainted with all the guests, she tried to hide the fear in her eyes with the mask of a smile but I could see it. I tried to access her feelings through our bond, but couldn’t feel anything. Unfortunately for me, she had learned to shut me out whenever she wanted and that didn’t bode well for me.

I wished I could have followed her around and been the one to introduce her, but this stupid law insisted she do it on her own, something about showing her capabilities as a queen Luna or something.

“How did it go?” I asked her, wishing she would take the cue and tell me what was bothering her but I doubted she would.

“It went well,” she said, smiling even harder. “Most of them were nice.”

Okay. We were getting somewhere.

“And the rest?” I asked and saw her smile waver a bit.

“Nothing I couldn’t handle. People will not always do or say things you like.”

My hands balled into fists under the table as I imagined what any of them coul