Chapter Hundred-three

Anita's POV

I sat in the garden once again. This was the third night in a row, and each time, I found myself deep in thought. I was finally done with my chores for the day, and, for once, there had been no major problems. No issues with Alpha Orion, who had been unusually busy, or Darius, who had been quietly going about his business. But even with the calmness of the evening, my mind kept circling back to Maya and the strange things she had said to me earlier.

I shook my head, feeling a mix of irritation and confusion. How does she expect us to be close again, to be best friends after everything? Something about her felt off. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but I knew Maya wasn’t here out of pure goodwill. She had an agenda, and I wasn’t going to fall for it. Not again. The more I thought about her sudden reappearance in my life, the more suspicious I became.

The way she had acted earlier… It was almost like she expected everything to fall back into place between us, as if n