15: Engaged To The Lycan King

I ran into his walk-in closet on instinct. It was another entire world on its own, covered by the white double door with ventilation holes above. My heart hammered in its cage. He was going to catch me red-handed, no doubt.

After a few minutes, the closet doors opened, and I turned pale. My knuckles whitened. It was Mattie, not Kaloyan standing there. I could finally breathe.

I had even fallen on the ground to catch my breath, but she was right behind, scolding me back to my senses.

"Do you wish for this to end before it even starts, Athena?!"

"I was looking for something."

"I don't even want to know what it was, but if I hadn't shown up on time, you'd have been sent packing to your death today."

I frowned. "What did you do?"

"I had to lie to the Alpha that Lord Ezra needed to see him urgently in the arsenal."

"And he believed you?"

"Well, I wouldn't be standing right here if it didn't work."

Master Kaine was smarter than that. He wouldn't have believed a lie as such so eas