But we need to do something!

Yes.He nods.Find her, get answers, and make sure she admits what she did!

Good, Arlo and I have a plan. It’s just, maybe I should ask Tony what all of this is about?

“Hey Tony,” I start.

“Don’t,” Elise whispers to me.

I look at her, surprised, and she just stares at me insistently. When Tony turns around to look at me, I contemplate my options for a moment. I’m not the most sensitive, I know, but fuck, I want to help him so badly. If only he’d let me.

He will once he is ready,Arlo tells me calmly.I will continue to watch out for him.

“Is something wrong?” Tony blinks.

“Nothing, I was just wondering where we’d have lunch today?” I ask, noticing how Elise lets out a sigh of relief.

“Make it somewhere close by,” Elodie tells us while she catches up to us. She takes my hand in hers instinctively, making me smile. “Alpha Celine is ready to help. She is an ally of your pack anyway,” she explains. “I filled her in on the basics; seeing how she is mated to a royal lycan and a trusted ally and friend of Alpha Elden from Silverlake pack and Alpha Liam from Red Claw, I think we can trust her. She said she will immediately send Marcel and Arman to join us today.”

“Awesome Elo!” Elise says. “That’s fast progress.”

“Let’s make sure we head somewhere in the area so that they won’t need to search for us too long,” Elodie offers.

“Arman is a pack member from Moon Blood?” I ask.

Elise giggles. “You didn’t know?”

“Know what?” I ask, dumbfounded.

“He found his mate there.”

“Really?” Elodie sounds surprised, too. “I didn’t know either.”

When Elise’s mouth drops open in disbelief at our ignorance, I shrug. “I just don’t care much about other people’s love affairs. It’s not my business.”

Unless it’s my brother, of course. Then it’s my whole fucking business, and I don’t care if someone says I have a brother complex.

“How can two people be so uninterested in any gossip?” Tony laughs.

I turned to him. “You knew, too?”

“Of course.” He chuckles. “He is mated to Alpha Celine’s beta. To Beta Harmony.”

“She is so cool.” Elise beams. “A kickass she-wolf for a kickass lycan.” A sad smile curls her lips for a moment. “I hope I will find my mate, too, and I hope he will be a good person.”

“Elise.” Elodie’s eyes widen in worry. She steps forward to take her sister’s hand. “Of course, you will find your mate. We only turned eighteen recently, and I am aware that I was incredibly lucky to find my mate immediately. But I know it. There is no way there isn’t a fantastic mate for you out there.”

“Look at you.” Elise smiles. “Suddenly being so good with words.”

“She’s right.” Tony approaches her and puts a hand on her shoulder. “I’m sure you will get a great mate. You are a wonderful person. There is someone special out there for you.”

“For you, too,” she says softly.

For a moment, his smile seems to freeze, but then he nods. “Yes,” he says.

Can’t we just corner him and tell him to spit it out?I ask Arlo.

Arlo snorts.Yeah, because that would work well. We may as well go and ask Dad once more.