Chapter 151. Date

Silas POV

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

I stood before the mirror, brows furrowed, lips pressed into a hard line, both hands gripping something tightly as I stared at my reflection. The quiet room was thick with tension, two pairs of watchful eyes fixed on me.

One gleamed with a mix of amusement and disbelief. The other was cold. Unreadable. My brothers.

Claude and Lucien. But my attention wasn’t on either of them.

I narrowed my eyes, the indifferent expression on my face slowly shifting as I studied myself carefully, thoughtfully. Different thoughts raced through my mind as I tried to reach a decision. A difficult one. One that required careful consideration.

Yet two days ago, this would have been trivial. Something I wouldn’t have spared a second thought. Something that shouldn’t leave me, a man who could destroy or acquire any pack with a single deliberation, standing here, uncertain.

And yet… now I didn’t know what to do. Which left me