Rue’s POV

If I had known that one chance encounter at the mall would lead to this… I might have thought twice about agreeing. Yet when Percy’s calm but firm voice suggested dinner—

“You and your friend should join me, bring her brother too if he’s free”—I had found myself nodding before I could even process.

Vicky had squealed at my side, eyes wide with disbelief. “Alpha Percy… wants to have dinner with us?”

“Yes,” he had said simply, as if it were the most natural ...