Rowan
Everyone gathered here like this was already turning this beautiful hall into a sour snake pit.
Stone pillars rose to support a vaulted ceiling decorated with intricate carvings depicting wolves in various forms. The crystalline lights embedded in the ceilings and upper walls never failed to mesmerize me despite this being my second time coming here.
Twelve chairs arranged in a perfect circle around an enormous, dark round table, its wood so polished it reflected the lights above like a still lake. The other Supreme Alphas occupied their seats, their respective betas seated to the right of each leader.
I sat in my designated position, trying to maintain the appropriate expression of attentive interest as the preliminary discussions droned on. A lot of those spoken words drifted to me in bits and pieces.
My mind, however, was elsewhere.
It had been elsewhere for days now, ever since that day.
To think I would even find a mate here of all places…
