“Alpha, we’ve completed the preparations, and all that’s left is for me to begin the spell. You’ll have three hours once I’ve finished,” the witch told Stephen as they looked into the clearing at the still house in its center. “Very good,” he replied, done with waiting to end his vendetta against the royal family. He wanted it over with, now. “I trust you’ll do your part then?” Stephen asked, looking over at Hattori. “Worry about yourself; we’ll be just fine,” Hattori quipped, disgusted to be in an alliance with the Lycans. He hated the thought of even breathing the same air as the filthy wolves around him, but he knew he didn’t have a choice. Not only would it be exceedingly difficult to defeat Akiko’s mate on their own, now there was the addition of a whole separate Lycan force add