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Chapter 78: I’ve Been Waiting For You

I stared at the fake me, Jasmine, on the ground. Warren was still leaning over her. His eyes were half-lidded, but I could see underneath the tears brimming in his eyes. I couldn’t deny that I felt mortified, too. I promised we’d protect her, and I failed to honor my word.

“Everyone! We have all been fooled by the imposter!”

Raymond announced, waving dismissively at Jasmine’s lifeless form. He had shifted back and someone had quickly dressed him with a cloak. “The Moon Goddess has sent us the real Ciana just in time. The pack can finish preparing for the arrival of our esteemed guest.”

“Show some remorse!” I snapped, turning to glare at him. “You just murdered a young girl, one that you were using for horrible crimes.”

Raymond scoffed and rolled his eyes at me, he whispered, “She understood the risks of disobeying me. If she wasn’t going to do her part, she was no longer useful.” His voice was so casual and uninterested.

“You’re a monster! Moon Goddess above, in the name of Lord Lycaon, you’ll get what you deserve!” Warren said, finding his voice. He stood and balled his hands into fists.

I didn’t think I’d ever seen Warren so mad, but he was ready to fight for Jasmine’s memory and keep his promise to always remember her.

“That is more corruption coming from a member of the royal family. You can’t just come in here and throw your weight * around. We don’t bow down to royal tyranny,” Raymond scoffed loudly. “Take him into custody.”

“You can’t! You have no jurisdiction over the royal family,” I argued.

Warren added, “You claimed that the crown are tyrants that lord over Alvar. What’s your evidence?”

“Seize him!” Raymond didn’t answer, only gave his order. His guards pounced on Warren.

“Now, what do you think the king is going to do to Alvar pack when he finds out what you’ve done to his son?” I asked. I glanced at the rest of the pack.

No one spoke up at all. They wouldn’t look at me either.

“Hold him down. If he twitches, knock him out,” Raymond demanded. He stood over Warren, smirking and leering in front of the captured prince.

Rage pumped through my veins and my hand tightened around the feather. I’d knock that smug, arrogant look right off his face!

“Your decoy is dead. There’s no way you’ll complete the alliance with Luther now,” I said, pointing a finger at Raymond.

He smirked and chuckled darkly in a tone only audible to me. “I see you haven’t let go of the feather, Ciana dear.”

“The feather?” I asked, creasing my brow.

Suddenly, a tingle shot up my arm and it dropped limply at my side. I couldn’t move it! I kept telling my fingers to release the feather, but they wouldn’t respond.

That same tingle spread through my shoulders.

What was happening?!

Then my legs wobbled. I staggered to the side, catching myself on a nearby pillar.

I knew you’d come for the feather, so I made sure it would work

on the ground. The tingling numbness kept spreading through my body. I couldn’t feel my legs anymore and my mind was getting fuzzy. I fought to keep my

couldn’t let Raymond

coated the feather with a paralytic. The effects will wear off soon. But

was malicious.

the crowd and announced loudly, “Don’t worry! Ciana has been overcome by fatigue. But she is prepared to honor our alliance with

He was a snake! I half expected him

this whole thing was a trap?” I muttered, trying to force my legs and arms to

had planned everything out so carefully. He’d gained Jasmine’s trust and we’d set this

mind got woozy, but I blinked rapidly, forcing myself to

to capture you,” Raymond taunted in

body. Warren watched with horrified eyes, still unable to move against the guards that were

Warren was only one person, how could he defeat the

our plan, I’d trusted the pack to go against Raymond by now. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out that

the crowd, it was noisy, but no one dared to speak

if it was from the paralyzing poison or if it was because I realized how bad this situation was. Soon, I’d pass out from the poison

could do whatever he wanted with me. Even give me

end of my endeavor to save my pack? It couldn’t be… Father, Mother, what should I

okay.” I heard a deep, smooth voice utter beside me as my body finally collapsed onto

flitted my

help me,” I mouthed silently, I was

Tallis shook his head.

that he was just going to let me get taken by

came to the agreement that it would be for the best to believe Raymond’s

heard, “Just play along. This is your chance to find out what is really going on,”

Raymond could do anything… I would have shaken my head if I wasn’t almost

I won’t let anything

how sure he was that he could keep me safe made me believe him. That

of something pressing against the sweatshirt. It was familiar. I tried to place the familiar

I’ll make sure you are safe,” he said again,

lapel pin. It was familiar because it was the same shape of the pin that I’d made

again, my eyelids almost too heavy to lift, now. If Tallis was wearing a lapel pin I’d made for Theo,

I knew it!

him. I gave myself over to it, trusting that Theo would keep me safe. One last thought went

a lapel pin under

**

thing that I realized was that I was moving. My ears pricked up with the whirr of car tires and

a car,

rubbed my temples as a massive

forward and resting my forehead on the

luxury car with real leather seats