Chapter 37. Control

Emotion: a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behavior that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs.

Ammar

"You and Aldrich, huh?"

Tessa's voice snapped me back from my gaze. I was pissed at my younger brother and the mentioning of the guard's name just made me irked more on the inside.

So, instead of answering her question, I decided to ask her back. "Good evening, I assumed you are enjoying your stroll?" I politely questioned, thinking father cherished his human lover and I need to respect her while she was staying at the den.

Tessa giggled as if my words were somehow a little too ancient for her taste. Humans... I'm too important for this, I need to get back to my territory.

"Hey, wait, sorry that didn't come out right," she put her hand on my arm and I look at it with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, come on, I know you're the emotionally unavailable one. What? Your