Lionel sat across the table, silent, and that felt weird for Zera. She stared at him from time to time, and though she wanted to speak, she couldn’t bring herself to do that. She could deduce from the atmosphere that something had happened, and it wasn’t good. She didn’t want to conclude and wanted him to take the lead in disclosing the reason for this meeting.

He had called her over to his place, which was weird because in the last two years, he had visited the Pack Estate ...