After the utterly devastating conversation had with Kareen, Royce was in a state of silent shock. She couldn’t speak, her gaze distant and void of hope.
Maquand came into the room, Nabila was standing near the door, watching Royce. “How is she?”
“She’s not spoken….since….since Luna Preston came in and…”
“What did she say, Nabila?” Maquand asked. “The Luna.”
“She forced me out, but it’s clear that she does not want Royce in the picture…at all,” she added. Nabila’s eyes found her alpha. “You won’t let the Luna harm her…” Nabila’s voice was that of hope and sprinkled with unsurety.
Maquand didn’t answer right away. The alpha simply stood there and watched his would-be chosen mate, sit there, an unreadable expression on her face and a coldness in her eyes.
“We will see, Nabila…we wil
