Chapter 109. A Kingdom in Peril

Rowan's POV

I feel as if I have spent days or even weeks inside the Red Forest, and my body is beginning to show signs of exhaustion as I ride the motorcycle quickly, every muscle tense with the urgency of the situation.

The call that came directly from the palace made me anxious. Something happened to my father. The call with the omega of our kingdom was brief, the words short and urgent, only asking me to return home immediately.

"Our kingdom needs us now, Rowan. Forget Anastasia; she got what she wanted, now let us return home!" he declares firmly within me, his voice an anchor amid the storm of chaotic thoughts. My inner wolf maintains the composure I do not feel I can uphold, his presence calming and resolute in contrast to my turbulent emotional state.

During the entire motorcycle journey, my mind created various scenarios of what might have happened to my father. The images come and go, each more disturbing than the last. I try to cling