Alaric’s povI found her waiting in my study when I finally escaped the elders’ endless questions about the rogue wolf, and the moment I saw her face I knew whatever she’d found had cost her more than she was letting show on the surface.“You look like you’ve seen something you can’t unsee,” I said, shutting the door behind me.“I have.” She held out her palm, and the crescent pendant caught the firelight, identical to the one Selena wore like a trophy at her throat. “I found it hidden in the storage room. There’s a list. Three names, and mine underneath them. She was planning to remove me before this wedding ever happened.”Something cold settled low in my chest, old and familiar, a feeling I’d spent years building walls around specifically so it couldn’t get back out again.“Sit,” I said, because I needed a moment before I could say the rest of it out loud, and I still wasn’t entirely certain I was ready to hand it to her.She sat and watched me with a patience that made it harder,
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