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“So, how did Hank go from being the head of royal security to an assassin?” Lucas asked.“Osric was outraged when the cure didn’t work,” Soloman continued. “He blamed Hank. Osric was convinced that Hank owed his mate's life to him.”“Osric was threatening Hank’s mate?” I replied in outrage.Soloman nodded. “But Hank felt guilty as well. He failed to save his queen. That made it easier for Osric to bully him out of his position. I had heard he was doing some of Osric’s dirty work over the years, but I didn’t think it was anything that bad. Osric pushed me out of is his life.”“He pushed everyone out of his life,” Raphe said. “He barely spoke to anyone. Or so we thought.”“Yes, apparently he was staying in touch with this Hank,” I said. “And sending him after my father and my mate.” I let out a scoff that was almost a growl. “How can he believe I would ever forgive him?”“Yeah, that’s something I still don’t understand,” Lucas said. “I think we can all understand his grudge against the

I set the cup of tea down in front of Sutton. I got her back up to our apartment but she still refused to sleep. Not until we figured out how to get to Osric. So, now we sat at our dining room table, waiting to hear about Raphe and Nomi.“We met near the northern border,” Raphe began to tell us. “After my mother died, I had a hard time being in the palace. I started to travel the country. Convincing myself I was getting to know my people so that when the time came, I’d be a good king. But in reality, I was drowning. Avoiding dealing with my mother’s death.” He paused to take a sip of his tea. “I was with a hunting party in the Hollow Moon Pack.”“Hunting party?” Sutton asked. “What were you hunting?”“Rogues,” Raphe clarified. “There is a strip of land along the base of the mountains where the rogues from the northern territories congregate. They had been hassling the local village. So, I was helping some of the pack warriors scare them off. But instead of rogues, we found an injured

I woke from a deep sleep as the first rays of sunlight started to creep through the window. For a few short moments, all that ran through my mind was the feel of Lucas at my back and his arm draped over my waist. But all too soon, reality of the day came rushing back. I had to admit, it wasn’t as overwhelming as it had been the day before. The cry had done some good. So had my time with Lucas. The memories still hurt, but they weren’t as heavy.I gently lifted Lucas’ arm and slid to the edge of the bed. Throwing my feet over the side, I sat up and stretched out my very sore muscles. Wincing when the motion tugged on the scabs along my side and chest. I yelped as an arm shot around my waist and yanked me backward back onto the mattress.“Not yet,” Lucas growled, burying his face in my neck.“We can’t,” I told him. “We have to meet Raphe and the pack leaders. And we both could use a good shower and clean up.”Lucas grumbled.“You sleep a little longer,” I instructed. “I’ll shower first.

I paced the room as the media crew finished setting up the equipment. The deadline for Osric was closing in. If he didn’t call, which no one expected him to, we would be announcing to the world that he was responsible for the death of my father. We were going to expose his darkest secrets. I should have had doubts. I should have felt some amount of guilt about destroying my own grandfather’s reputation, but I didn’t.Every time I was forced to remember the carnage of the battlefield… Every time I felt the burn of those missing tethers… I became more determined than before.“Calm down, princess,” Lucas told me, stopping my pacing. “We have this all planned out.”“But Hank isn’t here yet,” I replied. “We still don’t know how Osric will react. Or Anders and Nomi for that matter. You heard Raphe, he stressed about how important timing is for the plan to work. If Anders leaves the capital, we lose this advantage.”“It’ll be okay, Sutton,” my father assured me. “Soloman just spoke with Hank