"Enough."I cut through their grating laughter."You're here to welcome the Alpha King, aren't you?"My voice was calm, almost unnervingly so."Lead the way."The air froze.Three seconds of dead silence.And then."Hahahahaha!"Cora was the first to break, letting out a hysterical laugh that brought tears to her eyes."What... what did she say?" She pointed at me, her body shaking with laughter as she held her child. "She wants us... to take her to the King?"“Oh, Evelyn,” Asher shook his head, his eyes filled with the kind of pity one reserves for a stray dog. “You don’t actually believe you’re still important, do you?”“Look at the state of you,” he sneered, pointing. “That worn-out coat, the faded bag, not a single jewel on your neck, and that…” He wrinkled his nose in disgust. “…that scent. So weak it’s fading into nothing. What have you been doing with your life?”“It’s common knowledge,” the guard captain chimed in, unable to hide his glee, “that a she-wolf cast out by her Alp
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