Lorien POV

“Whatever is going on between you two, you need to fix it,” Olyssia said, her tone clipped and serious. “There’s already going to be enough tension in that room with all the Alphas gathered together. We don’t need to add more drama on top of it.”

I turned my head at the same time Auren glanced over at me. For a second, our eyes locked. I gave him a small smile, tentative but real, and his hand tightened on my thigh. Something in that brief moment just the faint curve ...