Chapter 53

ARIA'S POV

I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

“Another problem. Just what I needed,” I thought to myself.

Before I could even think of a reply, Dante did something that surprised the hell out of me.

Instead of calling me out or making things worse, he stepped up beside me, shoulders squared, and said, “Mother, Linda, I think you are forgetting something important here,” he paused to look at Linda, and then at Agatha, “Aria here… she has connections with the Griffith family, the highest rulers of all the wolf packs. It could be useful for us so please… let's put an end to the unnecessary drama.”

I blinked, and for a second, I was sure I had misheard him.

Dante, of all people, had just defended me?

I looked over at Linda and Agatha, and their wide-eyed expressions mirrored my own shock. It was like they were in some kind of dream state, probably thinking they were hallucinating.

Because really, who would have thought that Dante, who usually had a knack for making situations more explosiv