Valerie’s POV
I tried my best to explain it without making it sound as if I wanted the damn ancient vampire! The man was ancient! He might have looked youngish and handsome, but he was ancient! He was Emily’s mate and Aries was mine, but I still felt so damn guilty no matter how hard I tried to spin it so it didn’t sound like something se.xual. I still felt so damn guilty. I answered Aries’s questions as best I could and, boy, did he have a lot of questions. My mind was flooded by the images of the dead ancient vampire when the head of the council knocked on my door. He was there with Grace and they were holding hands. My eyes flashed to see Aries’s reaction as I held my breath, but he just rolled his eyes as they walked in and he looked the other way.
“I’m sorry to interrupt Valerie,” T
