“What is this?!” I snarled through my teeth, looking between the raging General and a shell shocked Alek.
“This woman,” The General kicked at the dead body of the girl. “Came to the King pretending to give her good graces only to strike him, aiming for his heart. If he hadn’t blocked using his arm, we would have lost the King.”
Panic swept through me. The pounding of my galloping heart is deafening. “Dad?”
My father stared directly at Alek, his face blazing with anger. “Tell her. Tell my daughter- your mate how you’ve been lying to her all this time. Tell her how you’re behind the assassinations.”
I let out a tired sigh. “Let’s calm down. I don’t think we should jump to conclusions just because he was with-“
Alek stands next to me, his back straight, his posture strong but his face…
