Chapter 84

A soldier came in and went directly to the Wolf's dais, where he was standing and conferring with some of his other officers. Cora was there as well, idly playing with a pen and occasionally looking over at Alex. He was positioned far enough away that he couldn't hear anything they were saying, but they could all see him. For the most part, he tried not to look at them. Catching Cora's glance was too disconcerting for him.

The soldier wasn't the first to come in and go directly to the Wolf, but for the first time the Wolf turned and looked at Alex after the soldier made his report. The first time that he'd acknowledged Alex's existence in at least an hour.

"Good," the Wolf said, glancing back at the soldier. "Take him."

Cora looked disappointed and Alex couldn't help a little sigh of relief. He'd been nervously waiting some kind of punishment, wracking his brain as if trying to force his memories back into