Chapter 10

Gabriel’s POV

“How am I supposed to do that?” I asked in confusion. “My duty lies here with the pack. I can’t just go off to some vacation island or anything.”

“I’m just saying, why don’t you start with the most obvious distraction?”

“Are you talking about Cassandra?” I really didn’t know why Minnie would want to talk about Cassandra with me, but I strangely felt comfortable discussing her with Minnie. Maybe she was right.

Maybe all I needed was a quick distraction that would divert me and bring me back on track as the leader I once was and had always been.

Weirdly enough, or perhaps not weird at all, I looked down at Minnie, imagining things. She wasn’t particularly slender in a way you would consider beautiful, and she wasn’t blessed with very prominent curves either. But the yearning of the flesh can make one see things in a different light. Like the old man, Aarav, had said: “Making concessions on both sides.”

“Thank you for y