Chapter 15

"Do you think that she'll be able to pull through?" Carlyle stated bluntly, stealing a glance at Lucian's facial demeanor. "I doubt she's ready for this. She seems too young."

"She's doing just fine," Lucian reassured himself, though it was just sheer hope he held on to. He just hoped that Anna wouldn't give up on him soon, or he'd face the hell of Carlyle's accusative "I told you so" statements. "Barbara was much younger."

"You know Barbara is a special kind." Carlyle proposed. He wasn't the kind to easily give up an argument so soon.

"So, is this one?" I hope you are, Anna. Lucian wondered why he was so quick to take Anna's side.

"Barbara was the procreational progeny of two alphas, though she's unaware of that." Carlyle pressed on, making his points as straightforward as possible.

Neither was ready to admit defeat in their calm, phlegmatic argument. What a way to put it, Carlyle. Lucian couldn't argue the facts, but within himself, he objected to those facts. His belief in Anna