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Kevin's POV

The meeting had ended and I watched as the men dispersed out of the room towards their various homes. I sighed as I looked around and noticed that Liam had stepped out of the room.

I frowned harder as I stepped out of the meeting room, looking for him. Something was definitely wrong with him even if I hadn't noticed at all during the meeting. It was customary for the alpha and the beta to walk home after a meeting so they could talk of how it went, the reports and what they had to do next but Liam was boycotting custom and leaving before me. That could only mean one thing. He was trying to avoid me. I wondered why that was and what could have happened that made him that way.

Was he avoiding me because he hadn't been able to think of an excuse to keep Ella away from the witches on my behalf and was ashamed of telling me that?

I felt like smiling in amusement as I wondered if that was truly the case. He could have waited for me and would have found out the truth. I would hav