“I-I- Your majesty,” I squeak and wiggle against the hand tightened around my waist. I really do not want him to punish me for this. The ruthless king can whip me with a smile on his face. “We’ve been having this meeting since morning. Did it ever strike you as unusual why the reason of the meeting is being repeated when it’s already evening?” He hisses into my ear. “You already knew someone was lurking and you decided to let substantial information off so you could trap the person’s attention,” I say, my legs trembling. Shoot. I had assumed the scents of all those Alphas in one room would be too potent for them to catch a whiff of my scent. A few weeks without sneaking around and I had gotten Bad at spying. “Why are you so scared?” He seems amused that I feel like running away. “