Within forty eight hours, Serena found herself thrown into an intrigue that was beyond her abilities.
Benjamin was always supportive of her, and he therefore understood her sudden and urgent need to have a talk with Gregory when she mentioned her family needing her.
Upon getting Theodore’s call which was brief but quite clear - be at the palace asap, S - she tried to book a flight but to no avail. She didn’t find one that would enable her to be there for her family in time.
Ergo, she need to think quick, and that was how she found herself seeking Gregory.
She didn’t mingle with people from his kind much, and thus he was her only option. The mate who had basically rejected her, and whom she was trying to provoke, was her only option.
She wasn’t one to beg usually, never had to, but
