My mind raced with the impossible decision I faced. Luther had put me between a rock and a hard place. Alexander was there as a distraction but how long would it last? 'Theo?' I blinked, my eyes snapping to Warren. He was connecting with me through the mindlink. 'Theo, you focus on Luther. I'll get Maggie,' he said. 'Y-you kept the mindlink… why?' I was too startled to say anything more intelligent to solve the crisis ahead of us than to ask the low priority question. If Warren kept the mindlink, that meant he still saw me as the Alpha of the royal pack and the Alpha King. I thought he had betrayed us and turned his back against me for all time. Why had he remained in the royal pack? Didn't both he and his sister hate me? Warren's mental voice took on a dry, humorless note. “I'm n