Lahat ng Kabanata ng Mated to the Alpha King : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 32

ArdonThe report sits on my desk like a folded thing that won’t lie. The wax is stamped with the guard captain’s signet and the words inside are clumsy, defensive even. They name times wrong and pin the wrong steps to the wrong people. I read it twice, then once more for habit, looking for the tremor in the ink that tells me who leaned on the pen.Someone wrote it for them, of that I’m sure. I stand and fold the paper along its crease until the fibers complain. The hearth throws a small orange across the floor and I drop the note into the brazier and watch it blacken. The heat eats the paper, the curl of smoke moves up the chimney and leaves the room cleaner for a moment.'They lie,' Korrath says. 'The scent of a hand not your own.''I know,' I answer. 'Find the path. Circle the exits.'I grab my cloak. Darian is already in the corridor, waiting with his hand braced on the stair rail. He doesn’t ask why I move, he only falls into step beside me and his boots are soft on the stone. We