Rejected by the Beta
My smile is wobbly at her words and she hugs me with her good arm.
I lean into the hug before pulling back to ask, “So, what’s the story with your arm? Why do you have it in a cast?”
“It was ripped out,” Fera says, oh so causally.
I gape at her, “What?”
“Long story. To keep it short, I was lured out of the room under false pretenses and then the three leading families, Daeres House, House Crendon, and the Sinril House, all which come after the Anaton family, launched an attack. Their aim was to kill me and seize the throne. They were planning, from what I understood to kill Damien while he lay unconscious, and as soon as the next demon king was born, to kill him too.”
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