Silence settled over the room.The assassin's lifeless body lay sprawled across the marble floor while the shattered windows allowed the cold night breeze to sweep through the chamber.No one moved.No one spoke.Elsie's eyes never left Rowan.She could still picture them.Those golden eyes.For a brief moment, they hadn't belonged to the man she'd come to know over the past few weeks.They had belonged to something...Ancient.Powerful.Terrifying."...Your eyes," she whispered again."They changed."Rowan's hand was still wrapped gently around hers.He looked into her eyes, searching for fear.Instead, all he found was confusion.Curiosity.Concern."My Alpha."Frank's voice broke the silence."The palace must be secured."Rowan didn't look away from Elsie."Take the body.""Search every entrance.""No one leaves the palace until I give the order.""Yes, Alpha."Within moments, guards flooded into the room, carrying away the assassin while servants hurried to clean the broken furnit
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