ZADOK

“Alpha Cole sent in another letter,” Azriel said, closing the doors behind him. “He is requesting a response on whether you would honour his invitation.”

He sat in front of me, “What do we do?”

I smiled in my seat. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Azriel this stressed about something, or perhaps I was too self-absorbed to care these past few years. “Come in, Azriel. I didn’t realise you’ve been knocking that long.” I joked and he rolled his eyes.

“You knew I was coming, so cut it out,” He said in defence. “What do we do about it?” He said, gesturing to the letter.

“That doesn’t...