Chapter 116: Valene's Break

Ares:

Alastair decided to wait a few days before reconvening. It seemed that his one-on-one with Merari ended far better than mine did with Valene. The alpha she-wolf or whatever she was, seemed to be in higher and far more sensible spirits than she was that evening. Though it was evident that she was wracked with some semblance of guilt over what happened. As much could be seen when everyone crowded into the meeting room that afternoon.

An apology was itching to leave her lips with every single member of the meeting she approached.

In a lot of ways-though I hadn’t known Ms. Van Doren for long, in many ways she reminded me of Valene. There was no wonder that the two could not get along.

“Young alpha.”

I turned to her when I heard her voice. I knew that she wasn’t talking to Alastair. She’d never call him young, and while I was significantly older than she, I could see why she’d consider me young. I certainly looked the part.

“Ms. Van Doren,” I greeted. “Alpha Barbosa will do.”