Chapter 12

HAZEL

What change of plans could have Lady Hale smiling like that?

There had never been a change of plan, not in the hundred-plus years that the Hunt had existed.

That smile was throwing me off, but the fact that she kept watching me gave me the creeps.

“What change?” Emanuel asked and stepped back toward me.

King Darian was approaching. Even the Alphas cowered from the aura rolling off him in waves, but Emanuel was marking his territory, something I thought his mark on my neck already did.

Iliana took a step away from the wall where she stood observing everything from a distance, but I shook my head to keep her in place. If she interfered, only the gods knew what would happen to her. She might not have an Alpha, but she could return home and live on in peace—as long a