Harper’s POV The sensitive emotions that were spiraling between Lucas and me had to be placed on a temporary hold for the moment. What I was looking at was so much more important than whatever argument we had been dealing with before. Those previous feelings of anger and frustration had been dulled through the bond. I glanced back at Lucas to find his gaze had softened immensely. He parted his lips to say something, but was quickly cut off by the grating sound of another person’s voice screeching down the hall. “Alpha Lucas! Alpha Lucas!” The deflated look on Lucas’s face was enough to tell me that he already knew who this person was. He pinched the bridge of his nose and muttered something under his breath. It was one of the Council’s delegates. They attempted to speak quickly

