a's

t thing I felt, t

knew something was wro

heavy chains behind my back and my ankles with chains that dug into my skin as I moved. There was only one lantern burni

d been studying at the Royal War Academy for three years learning how to

nding, I demanded. "Have you got an idea w

aid, "We know exactly who you are." He came forward, his demean

there be for kidnapping the Alpha of the most powerful pack in

o build a military fortress on the northern border.

rted laughing. I could tell from his stiffened shoul

y family went through to get that land? I fought off three different packs challenging my ownership of it. I

voice lowered. "Your pride

d be concerned with; my royal guards are already looking for me, my knight won't rest until he finds me a

ween us. Then his hand moved so fast that I did not have time to brace myself. I got hi

oice was tight with anger. "Leave her to

leaving me alone in the dark. The headache, the pain in my neck and other body parts were to

pine. The cold air hit my skin and I could see above me a dark canopy of branches reaching up t

but now the rogues around me were hastening

find this place, my knight will not cease searching. "Running away already? You can run but you can not hide. My

ry, but rather he laughed. The sound was cold and hollo

daydreaming , nobody is

my voice tightened with fe

, did it never occur to you how easily we took you? It was l

ked, sealing the knot th

us. Were you sure that all the council members attended your coronation liked you? Do you think those guards who swore to prote

is not wrong, "You're lying," but my voice broke again. "Someone close to me? I pay m

oney? Sometimes it's personal and

core to settle wi

titled to," he replied, straighten

from under his co

silver and had no flaws; silver that only exists in the mines of Silvercrest. The ability

mind scrambled for an explanation as t

that

make it for weeks, every detail, every curve of the han

Kael's

he horror that was unfolding before me, the rogue lead

away. I felt my body slump against the chains and all aro

yes never strayed from that dag

man I had ever trusted my heart t

e in the last morsels of my failing mind, that Kael had sold me to my enemies. All we

s not business

thing I believ

e one who b