Francesca locked eyes with Valo across the small table.
He had not mentioned the fact this group was obviously hiding from something while he was walking here with Francesca, and she had assumed he hadn’t figured that out.
“I don’t think you will believe any of what we tell you.”
He tilted his head slightly in an exaggerated display of intrigue.
“Why wouldn’t I believe it? I’m sat opposite you and your brother listening perfectly reasonably to you as if you aren’t supposed to be Alpha of your former pack and he isn’t supposed to be rotting in a hole somewhere. You are no longer Alpha, and he is no longer dead… what is it you are running from?”
“Everything.”
Selene couldn’t help answering aloud and the others all turned to look at her in surprise while she perched awkwardly on
