Chapter 39 A New Beginning With Alaric

• Alaric had his back against the wall, his frame just a step away from the door. He had his arms crossed against his chest, and he was looking at Diana with shrewd eyes, assessing her face.
• Diana briefly wondered if he could tell how she just had a breakdown in his brother’s arms just by looking, or if he had heard her pathetic little sobs and hiccups from where he had been waiting all along.
• She quickly banished the line of thought, not wanting to feel more self-conscious than she already felt under his intense scrutiny.