JUNIPER
Seconds felt like hours in the air thick with tension.
“No,” Ethan was the first to respond with a snarl. His entire body tightened, and he was on the verge of exploding. I wanted to reach over to him, knowing my touch would calm him down. However, with Winston sitting in between us, there was no comfortable way to do that.
“Relax, lover boy,” King Claude said, the humor in his eyes growing in response to Ethan’s frustration. “I just want a private conversation with Juniper. I will tell her any information that will be useful for you.
Ethan stood up so abruptly that his chair nearly knocked over. “You can’t just—”
“Beta Ethan. Sit down now. I don’t want to hear another word out of you,” Winston’s voice sliced through the air, making a shiver run down my spine. He used his full
