Chapter 33

“Come here, quickly. Let’s get out of this kitchen.”

I allowed myself to be dragged from the kitchen into the corridor that led to the palace dining area. I hadn’t been to this part of the building before and I was relieved to finally be out of that hot kitchen.

It took me a moment to recognize Cherise, one of the Deltas from the Gypsy Pack who was always present for kitchen duties during my time with them.

“What are you doing here?” She asked me excitedly. “We thought you got kidnapped or killed in the woods. Where have you been?”

“Did Alpha Hycinth look for me?” I asked her.

“He did,” she replied. “He even went to Apex Woods to find you but the Alphas there tried to capture him because they thought he was there to spy on them on your behalf.”

“I can imagine…” I muttered.

“Where is she?” The woman who opened the kitchen door asked from inside the kitchen. “Where is the farm girl?”

“That’s me,” I told Cherise. “I came into the palac