Chapter 16

Outside the Range Rover, the streets were more crowded than they had been when I was alive, and

people darted in and out of the stores with their purchases. Under Fenrir’s management, Lunaris had become a thriving and international village, filled with shifters of all kinds.

Griff honked the horn again, making the shifters turn around and scowl. I glanced around for signs of the tall, blond god, but found none.

As his hand hovered over the horn, I placed a hand over his arm. “Everyone’s watching us.”

“So?” he said. “I’m saying hello to a friend.”

My lips formed a tight line. Had all that time in the Asphodel Meadows eroded Griff’s sense of decorum? He had always been so proper…

Or perhaps that had been an act to impress me. You know, considering that I was the future alpha, future Shifter Queen. The woman I was would have needed a high-class consort to match those fancy titles.

Griff had never made a public display of himself when we had been alive. But it looked l