15

The dining room was stacked with several people who I guessed were all wolves.

Somehow, I had ended up sitting by Aiden's right side and just beside him, with Layla and Asher opposite me.

Yet, even in the presence of familiar faces I was a nervous wreck.

Everyone, I mean up to five new faces I haven't seen before were all staring at me with curious gazes. Even as Aiden had gotten their attention, they still stared at me.

I breathed in and out again.

Calm down Avalon. They are merely curious.

Reaching for the coffee dispenser that housed a very tempting, freshly brewed coffee, Aiden beat me to it when I thought he wasn't paying attention to me since he was busy conversing with Asher.

He half filled my mug with the tempting coffee, just the way I liked it. Before going ahead to pass me a toast, that had been sprayed with jam. Also the way I preferred to take mine.

I was dumbstruck for a second. When had he taken note of a