Penny tore her gaze away from the King’s sightless eyes, and met those of the man standing behind him. The tall, lean shadow that had been wavering in the background behind the King, who had been wavering in the shadow of the King his whole life, cradled his brother’s limp form in his arms.
Prince Reginald released a low moan as blood began pouring from the gaping wound in the side of his brother’s head. The gun, with its ornate pearl handle, clattered to the ground, but the sound was drowned out by the growing chorus of voices as members of the Twilight Promenade experienced the psychic rebound of their Alpha’s death. The howls of hundreds of wolves sharing their agony shook the mansion to its foundations.
Tobias sank as his knees, already weak from his two weeks of confinement, gave w
