Sheri's POV:
It was not a few minutes more before the garden entry doors to the palace swung open wide. That is when I saw him, Derek. He was standing there with his men. Then they all started walking out onto the landing. At that point, the entire courtyard of people got deathly quiet and all eyes were glued to Derek and the rest of his pack. I could not believe my eyes. I had to say that they looked like hell ran them over and dried their clothes with them still in it. They were filthy to say the very least.
If I had known better I might have let them shower first. Then I thought about it, for the people of this land to see them in this manner and when they were ridiculed would make all the difference. At that moment, I was glad that I made the decision to have them brought
