Lucian watched the wolves as Aneria declined their invite, at least for the moment. The older gentleman pulled his hand back and wiped the blood off his palm, exposing a completely healed hand once more. The younger female wolf, though, seemed to be taking it poorly. She was interrogating Aneria and being rather rude. When the words 'Tomorrow morning' left Aneria, the two wolves looked to each other and stared for a moment as if they were having a mental conversation that Lucian and Aneria weren't privy to. Lucian frowned as he reached out to place a soothing hand on Aneria's bouncing knee. He peered at his friend, flashing her a goofy smile before he turned serious eyes back on the wolves. The two finally turned away from each other and the older gentleman turned on his heels and headed towards the door. He grabbed a hold of the knob before speaking. “Tomorrow morning, we require an answer. There must be a solution to a lone wolf in our territory.” And with that, he opened the door and walked out of the apartment. The female lingered a moment, eyeing Aneria before she turned a bright smile onto Lucian and blew him a kiss. 

“Tomorrow then,” she said as she bounced off after her alpha. Lucian watched them go, standing to go close the door behind the wolves. He sighed as he rested his forehead against the cool door for a moment as he gathered his thoughts. They had a day to get this shit sorted and either join the pack, find a way to pay rent, or leave. That meant he had no more time to spare. He needed to call Jessie right now and get things moving. He sighed before he turned to face Aneria with a sad smile. 

“That solves that issue for a bit.” He walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone. He turned it over in his hands as he rested his hip against the counter. He knew time was limited and he knew he had to call now but he still couldn't seem to bring himself to actually make the call. He sighed before he walked over to Aneria and handed her the phone. “I really can't bring myself to dial the number.” His eyes were locked on the phone, too ashamed to look Aneria in the face as he continued. “I really need you to dial the number for me.” Who had ever heard of a man who couldn't bring himself to dial the number of a friend he had known for years? Shame made his chest tight and he began his shift back to his human form as he rattled off the number for her. 

As his magic dissolved into wispy smoke and the markings retracted back to their place before disappearing, he silently held his hand out for the phone. He had to be the person to talk to Jessie. She didn't know Aneria at all and would be nothing but confused if it wasn't Lucian who made the initial contact but man did he hate the thought of it.