(Aksana) Elena asked mom about their plans in Australia, so mom and dad explained what they had in mind about the places they wanted to visit. Once in a while, Uriel would answer the question or two that dad would ask him, but I was watching my brother and Stacy. Alex looked more exhausted since the last time I saw him. “Alex, how are things going as the new Beta?” I asked. I knew there were some problems, but I was hoping it would be solved by now. Alex looked at dad before looking at Stacy, then at Angel. Was it not solved yet? Alex opened his mouth and I had a feeling he was going to lie to me which made me growl in warning. Alex closed his mouth and sighed, running a hand down his face. He knew that I knew he was going to lie to me. The second he looked at me, I saw it. He looked pa