Chapter 78

Lukas

I scratched my beard and then scrubbed my hand over my face to hide my yawn. I had lost count of how many times I had done the same move in order to hide how exhausted I was.

All I wanted to do was find whatever room and bed they had put my mate in, and wrap myself around her and sleep until next week.

But we had all agreed that there were some things that needed to be discussed before we all turned in for the night, things that just couldn’t wait until morning.

So, with reluctance, I had relinquished my hold on June, handing her over to Drew, who had followed his mom through the palace to find a room to put her in while she slept. Finn offered to stay on the battlegrounds to help with cleaning up the area and interrogating some of Tobias’s men. Leo then led us to one of the conference rooms on the ground floor of the palace, and we each collapsed into our chairs in exhaustion.

When Veronica returned, she was alone. Drew remained with Juniper, both for my sake and his own, to wa