Ares was not beside me when I woke up, but he appeared at the entrance of the tent before I was even fully dressed. He looked so serious that I was afraid something had happened while I was still sleeping, but he simply told me that we would be leaving soon.
It felt as if last night just hadn’t happened at all. I was still the stranger who this pack had discovered living alone, and Zaahra was still Ares’ mate.
I listened carefully as I got ready because I wanted to know what everybody was saying about me.
They hadn’t seemed to like Zaahra a great deal, but they clearly respected her and they listened to her when she commanded them. What reason did they have to respect me? The fact that Ares liked to f**k me was hardly going to help them take me seriously and if Aleks told them what I h
