I shut the door after them, and the room resealed. Toya waited for a second before she burst out laughing. “Is she for real?”
I walked back to my bed and pulled out the book, then sat down. “I don’t honestly know. She thinks she is smarter than everyone in the room, and I will say, last time she had me fooled.” I sighed.
“How?” Toya rolled to face me, sinking further into the bed.
“I want to say I was stupid, but in reality…I just never fought back.”
Toya looked surprised. “What do you mean?”
I thought back to my first life. “I was an alpha that couldn’t shift. I wasn’t embarrassed, per se, more that I wanted to stay under the radar. I didn’t want Brandon to decide I wasn’t worthy to be the luna of the pack.”
Toya shook her head and then settled her temple on her fist, resting on h
