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This Sunday wasn’t my favorite Not only were there a bunch of new people, but soht e round tables

Iene Hoel

She’d helped her father nearly tear the pack apart a o, and she was the whole reason ere having the Tribunal Sure, I’d attacked her, but she’d gotten in my face And it wasn’t like she hadn’t tried to kill me in return If Claudia and Raphael hadn’t stepped in, she ht’ve succeeded

Her father, Rupert Hoel, was still on the run No one had heard from him since his failed atteood His wife butted into the whole Luciana thing last night--sponsoring the coven for the Tribunal and at the cerehter was back from her mandatory leave of absence That whole fa fro

It was stupid to be blindsided by the sight of Iotten that she would be here for the Tribunal OrI wouldn’t see her We’d kind of made peace with each other before she left, but I still didn’t trust her It was one thing to forgive, but another to forget

And now she was sitting with Dastien My Dastien Her hand was on his arm

"Calain We all know Dastien’s yours"

I took a breath "Yeah, but does she know that?"

"She’d be duht I’d forgiven her, so I needed to stick by that The only reason she was bugging me was because I hadn’t seen her since she left, and her parents were trying to make my life irlfriend Even if I kind of was one

Dastien looked up, and his glowing eyes ene I don’t like what you’re feeling right now

"Me neither," I muttered to myself Jealousy sucked It made me feel petty and weak and insecure I didn’t like it one bit

There’s nothing to be jealous of You’re my mate It’s not a secret

Sorry I started toward hiht, and she’s not bringing out the best in me

Dastien pushed out the chair next to hiainst et you in a few if you didn’t show up"

"Really?"

"Yeah" He held up his phone "You barely made it" The countdown had less than a minute on it

"Why the time limit?"