Rion’s POV
Tyler didn’t sit. He just closed the study door and leaned against it like the weight of the news was pressing on his shoulders.
“You were right, Alpha,” he said quietly. “The king met with Kael. That whole ‘stopping here for a friendly visit’ story? Cover-up. Pure bullshit. They met two nights ago at the old border outpost. Our informant watched the whole thing from the trees.”
I felt nothing. No surprise. No anger. Just the same cold click in my brain that always happened when a puzzle piece finally snapped into place.
“Did the informant say anything else?”
Tyler nodded once. “Just that they could be planning something. Maybe an attack, or an ambush. They were too far away for details, but the informant said from the way they shook hands…it didn’t look like small talk. It
