Chapter 35: The Invitation

~Amara~

Lucian.

The name hung between us like dark clouds on a rainy day threatening to release buckets of angry rain and thunder. It was a name that had refused to be uprooted in my life. It has taken root and is fast becoming a difficult weed to take out. Suddenly, all the efforts and time that I had taken to make sure that I never think about that name came crashing down. All the walls and defenses that I had spent time building all came crumbling at the sound of that name.

He was going to be in this pack again?

My face fell and bowed my head into my hands, supporting the sides of my face with each palm. My breathing swallowed and I couldn’t tell if it was the thought that I might see Lucian again or the fact that somehow yet again, he had managed to sneak himself back into my thoughts.

And possibly into my life.

No.

I shouldn’t be thinking about those possibilities.

I have Chad. He’s enough for me. He’s been here for me all through the first time that I showed up in this Pack. Lu