Ruby had watched Marcus fight her father, chest thumping wildly as it went on for what seemed like a lifetime. She was frightened, already fearful of losing the mate she barely knew. Then it was over, Marcus killing the man who'd been the only father he knew and shifting back to join them all by the thrones. When they began to discuss Conrad she knew she would have to speak up. You see, she had heard everything back in her cell, the guards believing that if they whispered quietly enough she wouldn't hear anything. But witches had sensitive hearing too, and they had been foolish to discuss anything that was meant to be remotely secret. She still couldn't believe their stupidity. All they had to do was some research on white witches and they would have known they weren't exactly like shifter
