Chapter 154

Darius

Bianca’s voice followed me before the door had even closed behind Alaria.

“You’re allowing her to overstep you.” She said, looking at me like I grew a second head. “I have never seen anyone, let alone a woman, speak to you like that and just get away with it. Needless to say, you seem to have ignored your morals and everything that you’ve ever stood for. And for what? I don’t understand what you’re trying to do.”

I didn’t turn at first. I poured myself a glass of wine instead, letting the dark liquid swirl, its reflection catching the lamplight. Her tone was sharper than usual, more daring. Most wolves would have known better. But Bianca was not most wolves. She was my sister, my blood, and if anyone had the right to speak to me, it was her. but even she knew to control herself when it came to the reality of how things were supposed to be.

“She’ll break before long,” I said finally, lifting the glass to my lips. “They always do. And I don’t expe