Chapter 28

Lana furrowed her brows at Avery’s sudden declaration. She found it hard to believe her words just because from what she understood during her talk with Griffin and Ray, alphas with mates are not affected by other alphas’ scent and yet it was clear to her that River was still conscious of Lana’s. But what really made Lana aware that Avery was clearly lying was the fact that River was openly irritated by what she said. The expression on his face was a mix of anger and disappointment.

There was a long silence that followed after Avery said that and Lana felt like the air was suffocating her from the murderous tension that was coming out of River towards the blonde beauty.

“Are you fucking out of your mind?” he finally hissed at her.

Avery shrugged. “Okay fine, we haven’t marked each other yet but that’s just semantics, my dear. You must be aware that I only came to this town to be your mate, right?”

“Why are you talking about this, here?” he emphasized the last