55. Moving Forward

*Elentari*

The next few weeks flew by. It was almost as if Aphrodite never showed up in front of us. Selene was taking a lot of time for us to train in  our gym space while Aran joined us sometimes. We were working really  hard on hand to hand combat, sparring and getting up to physical shape needed, just in case. Lily and Eliza seemed to be becoming better friends while Stacie seemed to be shunned by her female mate. Aran was almost  always in a state of conflict because of this. We talked often about the girls and the issues  going on. I told him I wasn’t  the greatest to get advice from as I’m far from unbiased. I knew Stacie deserved  him and Eliza seemed to be a status grubberto me. I didn’t like her. She was also denying part of herself and seemed to be trying to create a hierarchy in their mate  bond. Little did