I wondered where he had been these past few days. I hoped he was okay. I wished more than anything

that I could ask him what was going on. Did his absence have to do with the investigation? Or was he

truly just being reckless?

Thoughts and worries swirling in my head, I walked over to Elva for a good luck hug. Her thin arms went

round my neck in an instant and she held on tight.

“Don’t worry, Mommy,” she said, and simple as they were, the words did seem to calm me a bit.

With my good luck hug, I left the room and ventured down into the parlor room where the girls had been told to meet. I saw Susie at once and quickly went to join her. The worry line between her brows matched

my own, and a hint of sadness touched her eyes.

“Did something happen?” I asked her at once.

She shook her head. “Nothing new. I…” She looked down to where she clasped her hands together. “I’m

not ready to go home.”

But if we both fell into misery, we’d be

ceremony even began. “Who says you are

didn’t want to play games. But I wasn’t

anyone else,” I said. “He

if he does? Wouldn’t that be a lie, then? We both

the palace but he

speak in softer tones, especially as Nathan

toward the

man

encourage her. Surely, we could think of some way for her and Mark to be together. But, on

as a Beta, had pledged his

seek or find happiness

had seen the way Mark looked at Susie. It was clear he was in

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