Chapter 86

Darius

I’d been watching her all morning.

Not in a lecherous, obvious way, no. I knew better than to scare off a rabbit you wanted to catch. You watched it from the shadows, moved only when it was too distracted to notice you.

And truth be told, I found myself intrigued.

Only today, Alaria was distracted. She was completely out of it. She was unaware that I've been watching. She was unaware of anything that was surrounding her.

The Alpha was nowhere in sight, the pup was off in school, and she… she was wandering the garden like she was searching for something. Or perhaps trying to escape something. The smile on her face could be seen a mile away, and yet something was on her mind.

Interesting.

She wore a simple dress, white and soft, with her hair tied up messily like she hadn’t bothered to care how she looked. Tempting.

Not in the obvious, seductive way Claire had once tried to flaunt herself. No. Alaria had