Chapter 29: He Kissed Me Again!
*Ciana*
Frustration boiled through my veins just thinking about Theo and how unreasonable he was acting, insisting on going back to the castle right now when my pack had such
a crisis on our hands.
He, of all people, should have understood the importance of serving one’s people.
My feet carried me to the pack house not far away from my home. Mom and Dad had decided that we wouldn’t live in
an enormous building. Instead, we had been living in a smaller home with more privacy for the three of us, and the pack house was only used for meetings and events.
Running directly into the pack house right now may not be a good idea. Like Theo said, if this was a trap, there could be danger awaiting me. I decided that I’d stay near the building and see what I could find.
I’d just walked over to my favorite willow tree in the garden when I heard low voices coming from beyond the row of hedges across from me.
Pausing, I drew in a deep breath and held it so that I could
hear what they were talking about.
“I am just shocked she made it out of there alive,” a man said. “I thought for certain the Dark Prince would be the
death of her.”
Another more composed voice responded, “Well, as I’ve said all along, we have to be careful about her. She is
stronger than her diminutive size would indicate. It was a good plan, but even good plans may not work out
sometimes. That’s why we also have a plan B.”
The first one said, “You’re right. This time, we’ll definitely take care of that spoiled little bitch.”
Spoiled little bitch? I’d thought for certain at first they were speaking about me–going to the castle at all. But who thinks I’m a spoiled little bi-
“Beta Raymond, what would you like us to do now?” the
second voice asked.
My stomach dropped to my feet. Then I heard the third person speak. This time, it was a familiar voice, and I immediately recognized that it belonged to Dad’s Beta, Raymond. “I’m not that worried about Ciana, but we’ve got
to make sure Alpha doesn’t return.”
I had to place a hand over my mouth to keep in my shock. What was he getting at exactly? Bitterness and fury
coursed through me; I was so angry that my body started
to tremble.
How could Beta Raymond betray us like this?
Even though Susan had mentioned his unusual behavior, I didn’t want to come to the hasty conclusion that he was the culprit without solid evidence. After all, he was one of Dad’s most trusted subordinates. Growing up, he had been nice to me, like a fatherly figure. But now, he was standing there, discussing our demise!
need
wherever the hell he’s
we’re going
that I could let my father know, one way or another,
was conspiring against him.
leaned in a little closer to hear
see me. If they knew I
wouldn’t hesitate to kill
about how imperative it was that the entire family of the Alpha was no longer around to cause them trouble, the scent of the
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rain hit my lungs.
Theo?! Where was he?
then my hand hit something warm and hard. I peeked around the
he said he
eyes met mine, and I could
was.
wanted to shout at him, but I couldn’t. If I made a sound at all, the excellent hearing
on it immediately.
prince, and my foot came down on a twig.
that?” one of the
upset that I’d ruined the perfect eavesdropping opportunity.
me to the ground. His arms encircled me, and he climbed on top
he pulled away for a moment to suck in a breath, “What the hell are
with it.” Then he crushed his lips on
halt and the chuckle of a group of men who were standing on
watching us.
he didn’t comply, I’d have no other choice but to use my
time, and as he stood, he took my hand and pulled me to my
crimson, and it had nothing to do with the efforts Theo had put in. “Oh,
heard that you’re back. Sorry I haven’t gotten the
to the pack house.”
uh, had something in my eye, and my servant… Thorn… was helping
Now I was able to put the names to their faces. Larry was the one who
Raymond gave them a stern look, they abruptly stopped, as if his
boy is your manservant?” He looked Theo up and down, as
me because he had always been like a father figure to me. But now all I could feel
let him know that,
my servant,” I said, trying to sound sure of
no offense, Miss Ciana, but I think you can do a little better than that. I mean, he’s a good–looking fellow,
daughter, and he’s just
beginning to boil as I fought the urge to rip
my anger, he stepped forward and created a half barrier between me and
that I would do something
such a bad thing to just attack Raymond.
that Theo could take all five of those middle- aged
may not be that hard to kill Raymond, but we’d be alerting our hidden enemies. It seemed to me that there were more people behind this, and I needed to get a full picture of exactly what was going on. And while Raymond deserved to
have information
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