Not only did Blue sleep over at Laia's place, she also made it a point to be as busy as possible the next day so she wouldn't even think about Lucian. Laia was immediately suspicious, but thankfully, Blue's impromptu rant about how nerve-wracking it was to convince the Council members of her and Lucian's future mating-bond had managed to distract the alpha from the fact that a slight bruise in the shape of a hand had formed over Blue's left wrist. Blue had deliberately borrowed a shirt with long sleeves from Laia before she slept. It wasn't that Blue was covering up for what Lucian did. It still pissed her very much to think that Lucian had dragged her back home because he'd been mad to find Blue alone with Narra Sheinstone at Thinker's Peak. It angered Blue because she had no idea