HIRAM'S POV:

Breakfast with my family and Alex's parents does not go as I expect. Everywhere feels lively, and they chat away their lives as though we do not have impending doom about to consume the pack.

"Are they genuinely happy, or is my humor box broken?" I whisper to Alex, who is sitting close to me.

"I think they are just trying to get by. The Lycans haven't made a request yet; they only tried to show their presence. To be honest, we are in the wrong, so you cannot really blame them. ...