Chapter 77

"Your Highness?"

Conaan raised a brow from the petition he was reading, then sought Brandon's eyes.

"Did something happen?"

Brandon swallowed, moving a little closer. "The body of a wolf was found in the territory. It looked almost lifeless, and has lost all but little of his blood."

Conaan raised a brow. "So? Dump it back over the fence."

Brandon swallowed. "It is Alexander's younger brother."

Conaan turned to him, his eyes immediately thinning, his mind calculating. "Alexander's brother?"

Brandon nodded. "I do remember how much he defended Eleanor when they first came, and how he appeared to be rather sensible despite everything. We do not know why he has done something like that to his own brother, but we can only find out."

Conaan listened for a while, his fingers grazing each other, his eyes thin. Brandon watched him, then gave a small sigh and came to sit next to him.

"Are you scared?"

Conaan raised a brow. "Of?"

"Of l