THIRTY-NINE

*LUCIEN*

"Celeste, can we talk for a minute?" My sister paused on her way out. She looked concerned when she turned to me.

I didn't need her to say it because I already knew that I looked like hell. I hadn't shaved in close to a week. I needed to trim my hair and maybe sleep a little but it seemed impossible to sleep when my mate was in someone else's arms.

"You look like hell," she blurted out, shutting the door. "What happened to you?"

"Where have you been? It's been a long time since I saw you." I diverted the question from myself as we walked towards the dining to have our talk.

"I've been home. You're the one who hasn't been here in weeks." I pushed my overgrown hair out of my face.

Since the pack repossessed the Beta's house after Valen's takeover, we had to move into the pack house for a while before we cleared the house our mother inherited from her mother. It was smaller than the luxurious home we lived in as the Beta's family but it was better than staying in the pack house