Chapter 45

Anastasia

I walk downstairs to find Theo after I finish talking to mom. The castle is so big that I think I’m lost. I’m about to ask one of the guards if he’s seen Theo when I smell his scent in the door across from me. I walk toward the door, and I’m about to open it when I smell someone else’s scent inside. He must be in a meeting. I’ll come back later. I turn around to walk back to my room when I hear their conversation, and it pricks my interest. Werewolf hearing abilities make it hard not to hear everyone’s conversations.

“We cannot afford war right now, my king. We don’t have the numbers,” the person with Theo says.

“What would you have us do? Surrender to the vampire king?”

“Of course not.”

“Then what the hell are you saying, Jeremy?” Theo yells, and I hear a bang on the table.

“There are other ways. We can offer a peace treaty. Maybe