Chapter 22

Freya’s POV

We sit on the sidewalk, right outside the closed ice cream shop. It had opened only briefly to serve us before closing for the day again.

I had gotten cookie dough with strawberry sprinkles. Silas had gotten vanilla with chocolate drizzle.

We sat in silence, licking our cones. It’s the perfect kind of tranquil silence as I looked up at the stars. We are definitely going arrive at school past our curfew but I don’t care anymore.

“This is nice.” I start a convo, tired of the silence. “How did you find this place anyway?”

He chuckles a bit. “It’s a long story.”

“C’mon.” I nudge him slightly. “We’re already late, might as well kill some extra time.”

“Well, it’s not long actually. My mom brought me here.” He grabs my full undivided attention now.

“I used to come here a lot when I was younger before all the future Alpha responsibilities began falling on my shoulders.” He smiles while recalling the memory but there’s a hint