Chapter 122. What the King Stole

Barbara

Kane must be dead.

If he isn’t, he will be soon enough.

It’s been more than a day since our last mind-link conversation, and he still hasn’t arrived at the castle to save me from this shithole.

Now, he isn’t even answering me on the mind-link! It’s like he was trying to come and free me and got into a serious battle outside of the castle with the guards or one of those fucking Alpha’s forces and was dispatched.

As I pace back and forth in my tiny little cell, the stench of mildew continuing to burn my nose, I ask myself where I went wrong. How did I fail to seduce a single Alpha? How did I fail to convince Gene that he should go ahead and declare that I would be the next queen? How did I fail to convince Kane to storm this castle and free me from this horrible place?

It seems like my knight in shining armor has rusted and gotten stuck somewhere out in the woods.

Walking over to the bars, I take hold of them and give