Gluttony

[Arissa’s POV]

I stood aside and listened as Giselle recounted what she had told me to the others. With each new detail, elder Theodore’s face grew redder and redder. It seemed that the ridiculous elder didn’t expect her to not hold anything back.

"And that’s why." I announced once she was finished. "We need to go pay the Rose Woods pack in the north a visit. It seems that they don’t think much of the Fulgur or Tonitru packs. It is our responsibility to remind them. "

"Here, here!" Nazhoni announced.

"Sounds like fun." Stefan added.

"Ivan would really love this." Igor grumbled.

Flinching, I tried to ignore the pain that was shooting through me at the mention of my mate. Even if I knew he was okay, that didn’t make it any less painful to not have him here beside me. However, right now I needed to fix things so that when he returned, we could begin where we left off.

"You sure about that?"

My eyes grew wide as Ivan’s voice drifted through the air. Whirling around, I found him, but not h