Chapter 85

Elise was more than relieved that she could meet that man now, but from their gaze, she could tell there was something else to it.

“What is it?” She asked the twin brothers.

“As we said, our father’s mental condition isn’t all that stable for years now, and his chambers are hardly opened out to the public because of that, but the festival in two days will be the perfect opportunity,” Hayden explained. “So, you have to wait a few days, please.”

It’s just a few days; there’s no harm since they’ve assured her that she’d be able to meet their chief, she thought, so she nodded in agreement.

Though it slows down her plans to leave the pack soon, she sees something almost like relief on Hayden’s face when she agrees to stay another day. Stop letting your heart show on your sleeves, brother, Holden channels, but he ignores it.

“I’ll take you back,” he tells Elise. She spares a short glance at Holden but is met with a smirk that has her confused as to what it me