Chapter 449. Why Are We Here?

Apphia’s POV

“You wouldn’t have approved,” I say.

“I wouldn’t,”

“But it’s done, and he has been a good ally to me,”

“I don’t care. That man wants you. He wants what’s mine,” he grits, fist on his side, tightening.

“He can never have me. I’m forever yours,” I assure him. He seems to be in turmoil.

“He has feelings for you,” he says. I only roll my eyes. We’ve already established that.

“Nick, I will support him,”

“I won’t,”

We hold each other’s gaze, both determined. Nicholas is jealous and pissed that I didn’t tell him sooner about the alliance.

“Why did you come here, Nicholas?” I sigh. Before he could answer, I realized that Drake had probably informed him Maximus was here.

“Alpha Maximus is an ally,” I murmur.

“And is in love with you,”

He perches on the edge of the desk, and I wrap my arms around his torso, burying my face in his chest. But instead of his pleasant smell, a raw darkness- the choki