Chapter 53

Aria's POV

I stayed at the cabin for three more days.

Beth went back and forth to the fortress, bringing me updates. Drogo had done exactly what I demanded. Aldric and Stefan left the morning after our meeting. Drogo made a formal announcement to the pack that there would be no marriage arrangement, that I remained Luna of Shadow Peak, and that anyone who had a problem with that could take it up with him directly.

"How did people react?" I asked Beth when she brought me the news.

"Mixed. Most people were confused because they didn't even know about the arrangement in the first place. A few...