I found out the way I found out about most Draven-arranged things.
Too late.
Zevran came home on a Thursday with the specific expression he used when he was managing something he was about to tell me and was choosing the words carefully. I recognised this expression the way I recognised all his expressions now — with the fluency of someone who had been paying attention for months and had compiled an internal dictionary.
I was on the couch. Reading. Not on the floor, which was personal growth.
"Draven arranged something," he said.
I closed my book.
"For the pack alliance summit," he said. "Next weekend. Annual gathering — all Kaelthorn pack Alphas and their claimed mates in one venue for three days."
I looked at him.
"Three days," I said.
"I know."
"With all the pack Alphas."
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