#Chapter 7 Three Mates

Anila POV

Heat rushed to my cheeks.

“Do you normally talk about these things so openly?” I asked. “In front of everybody.”

Before he could respond, Harley’s voice stopped him.

“Look, I don’t want any part of whatever is going on,” he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the ground. He ran his hand across the back of his neck, and I saw that his face was flushed. “Xaden is my best friend and he’s an Alpha. I don’t want to compete for something I don’t fully understand. It’s all very confusing.”

Harley seemed to be the rational one of the group.

He was trying not to make eye contact with me, but it was a losing battle because once in a while, his honey-colored eyes would catch my wandering gaze and he’d hold it.

“Thank you, friend.” Xaden’s response was clipped, his eyes softened as he looked at Harley. The Werebear shifted uncomfortably, but he nodded in head in response to Xaden.

Zach, however, was acrimonious. “This is bullshit. I’m not backing down. Just because you met he