It had been days since Keidan’s funeral, and the attack. Riley had agreed to help Jasper with the pack until Nicholas and Alondra could return and make preparations on what to be done. Something about that night had burned into memory forever. She had lost her mate, but Keidan had spared her the true suffering of his loss by rejecting her, moments before he died.
Riley had holed herself up in her study, barely eating or drinking. The leader of the raid on the pack had been executed publicly after days of torture with no answers. It was far more dangerous to let them live. His true target had apparently been Riley, more of that prophecy nonsense. Riley didn’t even have any magical abilities.
Alice knocked on the door. “The King and Queen have arrived. Alpha Nicholas wants to see you in
