Anila POV
Heat rushed to my cheeks.
“Do you normally talk about these things so openly?” I asked. “In front of everybody.”
Before he could respond, Harley’s voice stopped him.
“Look, I don’t want any part of whatever is going on,” he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the ground. He ran his hand across the back of his neck, and I saw that his face was flushed. “Xaden is my best friend and he’s an Alpha. I don’t want to compete for something I don’t fully understand. It’s all very confusing.”
Harley seemed to be the rational one of the group.
He was trying not to make eye contact with me, but it was a losing battle because once in a while, his honey-colored eyes would catch my wandering gaze and he’d hold it.
“Thank you, friend.” Xaden’s response was clipped, his eyes softened as h
