Before Blue could muster a reply to that fierce promise the Head Alpha had said to her face-to-face, she heard something sizzle to her left. It was the ground meat she'd been boiling, the water spilling over the pot's rim. Blue cursed quietly, quickly turning off the fire and stirring the meat to make sure none of them had stuck to one another. "There's a communal hall that serves food the whole day," She heard Lucian tell her, something like amusement coating his words. "I don't really have it in me to face anyone yet, so I asked Laia if it would be okay if I cooked lunch for both of us." Blue would have lied to Lucian and said some other lame excuse, but honestly, what would be the point? She had broken down in his arms last night, had allowed the Head Alpha to hold her, cradle her h