First Quarter

Chapter Eight-Four: Questioning

When she arrived in the basement, she saw Leofric there already. Alpha Ragnarr was also there, speaking with one another.

They stopped when they saw her descending the stairs. Alpha Ragnarr came forward to greet her with his usual warm smile.

“Welcome.” He spoke.

“Hello,” Mallory greeted back, observing Leofric at the corner of her eyes.

Though, it seems like Leofric wasn’t paying attention to her. The corner of her eyes involuntarily twitched. Is this what he meant by someone proposing the mating ceremony?

‘He probably said it on the spur of the moment,’ Mallory told herself. ‘Maybe he was pressured, that’s why.’

Mallory decided...