Elijah dropped the spoon with a clatter and stared at me. Unsettled, I stood at the entrance to the dining room and stared back. Then the beta's gaze moved to a point behind me and in the next second, I knew that Cassian had also entered the room.

But he seemed to have expected Elijah's reaction because he just calmly pushed me to my seat at the table and sat down next to me.

While Elijah was still looking at me, no longer shocked but more curious, I spooned the food onto my plate.

This was starting to make me uncomfortable, and that was not the reaction I was expecting....