ELENA’S POV After I spoke from the back of the room where I had been hiding, everyone turned around to see who had dared to speak while their king was speaking. I could see the palace guards ready to pounce on me from the corner of my eye and I was also aware that everyone else was wondering how I had even gained entrance in this place. I couldn’t care less about anyone else that was in the ballroom because I had my sights set on their sorry excuse of a King. “She finally surfaces,” Alpha Antonio said and judges from his reaction he wasn’t that surprised that I was here, it seemed almost as if he had been expecting me to be at the ball. “Did you miss me?” I asked him “Not really, but I see that you have summoned some courage to not only tank back at me during my party but to also face