Chapter 12

Maverick Peterson POV

I slammed my teacup onto the tray, cracking it and spilling its contents everywhere. The woman across from me flinched, and the teacup in her hands shook as she set it down.

"My apologies, something has come up that requires my attention. I'll have my servants escort you out," he said before he stormed off.

'Did you sense that, Maverick?'

'Yes.'

There were werewolves near the border by Prerana. The very border that they had been monitoring all these months for clues regarding the strange magic that had been used.

Now our efforts were bearing fruit.

Unfortunately, my father wasn't around. He had left the grand duchy to visit his friends in another country for advice. Whoever they were, they had chosen the right time to act if they wanted to avoid my father. They must have been wary of my father to wait this long.

'If they t