“Oh, wait, there he is! You guys just go. I’ll follow you in a minute,” V said to the others.

“Are you coming, Luna?” Myron asked, smiling.

“No, I’ll wait for him here. Will see you downstairs,” she said, returning the smile.

From afar, Siel could see, through the glass wall of the room’s balcony, how her mate approached M. Soon after, the clean-shaven Denar was now hugging the bearded Riegel.

There’s just so much a person can take, Siel thought as she watched Vince holding his friend’s sobbing form because there was nothing else her mate could do at the moment.

It’s amazing how a man that cold, collected,...