Aria's POV
I smiled. "Yes, I do."
"You know, you could order someone else to do it."
"I could." I looked toward the forest ahead. "But then I'd never know whether the reports I'm receiving are accurate."
He laughed. "You're stubborn."
"I've been called worse."
Lydia's amusement brushed against my mind. He's starting to like us already.
Us?
Of course. I'm the charming one.
I almost laughed. You are definitely not the charming one, Lydia.
Liar.
The patrol continued. Day after day, territory after territory, and slowly, something changed. The six territories that had initially agreed to the plan began speaking for it. Then another territory joined. Then another.
By the end of the second week, six had become eight. A few days later, it became nine. Nine territories, nine Alphas wil
