The next morning, I woke up in Axel’s arms as he stared contentedly at the ceiling. We lay in silence, but my mind wandered until Axel quickly pulled me back to reality. He was clearly tired of the ongoing drama, especially with Alpha Richmond's pack needing our help. I wished we could stay in bed all day, but that wasn’t an option—especially when Jordan suddenly knocked and opened the door.
Axel quickly made sure that I was covered up so that Jordan didn't see anything and started yelling at him for barging into our room.
"I'm sorry, Alpha. But Giovanni is back. And he's got the rest of the council with him," Jordan said. So Axel and I looked at each other, and Axel told Jordan to get out.
Axel and I quickly got dressed and went downstairs to find the council in the living room. The
