Chapter 354. Mission

LYRIC

I finish stuffing the last of my clothes in my bag and let out an audible sigh. This isn't what I had in mind when I had been detained.

I thought I would be executed or sentenced to time in the dungeons for my crime. That they would keep my boy safe while I paid for my malfeasance. I was ready to accept that, to do whatever it took to keep my pup safe.

What I didn't expect was for King Kellen to order me to accompany his elite warriors and Beta Mike to the Golden Circle pack.

The King had already assigned a team of elites that had left just over an hour ago. We would be leaving sometime this evening.

"Mommy, why are you packing? Are you going away again?" Zane stood in the doorway, his little hand grasping Lizzy's.

He looked so sad, his lips forming a little pout and his eyebrows drawn tightly together. It made my heart ache to have to leave him again. But this was the deal I made to keep him safe, hidden from the mo