la

iege, little sister," Felix said, closing th

anson line. As our pack's future Beta, he already wore a leather sword-belt acros

the long mahogany table. The hearth crackled with dry pine logs, throwin

s brow pinching with genuine concern. "

ix," I said, locking my gaze onto hi

, her hands folded t

la," she said. "Whatever cannot

eeping my voice low

ed by Lord Carlisle to accuse Father of high treason. The Royal Guards will march north, slaughter our warriors in their beds, and burn

n the study f

the armrest of his chair. Slowly, the worr

own Prince. Your betrothal to the royal house was sealed by the King hi

interrupted, my tone cutting through his skepticism like a blade. "It already happened to me. I died in that dungeon. My s

insolent recruits. "A nightmare brought on by a head injury is not pack int

n't b

inishes ringing, Rocco will walk through that door c

. "Rocco is inspectin

ed straight through the wolf's left eye. It orders Father to send three hundred warriors

Felix

reads, 'The Crown

first stroke of the ninth bell

ollowed. The

pounding down the corridor. The study doo

a rolled parchment clenched in his hand. "A

Felix. The red wax seal was cracked

s eyes moved rapidly over the ord

not ask twice,'

knuckles turning wh

hen he turned back to me, the skepticism in his eyes

onto one knee before my chair, and to

is Beta instinct surging through his voice. "If

"An assassination will only bring the King's armie

suddenly hardening with the primal fu

my lips. "So we will give him every reason to do it in broad day