Chapter Seventy eight

Darius pov

We were soon in front of the grand gates, and I could see that Anita was still very nervous. I turned to her and assured her with a smile. “Do not worry. Nobody's going to hurt you in there. I am the one who invited you; I am the one who wants you here, so nobody has the audacity to go against my wishes,” I assured her.

Just then, the door was opened wide, and all attention was on me—or should I say on us—because they were all so shocked to see Anita.

Anita seemed to be walking very carefully, as if she didn’t want to miss a step and embarrass herself, but something about the atmosphere was off. The way everyone stared at us, the way everyone interacted with us—it was clear something wasn’t right, but I kept quiet and didn’t say anything.

We soon reached our seats, and I realized that Alpha Orion had only arranged for two chairs—one for him and one for me. I thought he already knew I was coming with an escort. Anita looked at him and bowed, but he just looked away, then look