Xavier
The hall reeked of smoke and panic. I stood amid the chaos, filled with fury, watching guards bark orders.
They were ushering terrified attendants toward the exits and were trying to quench the fire with an extinguisher. This coronation, which was supposed to stand as the symbol of my ascendance, had been ripped apart, not by an external enemy, but by this poison who had stood closest to me.
I gripped the hilt of my sheathed sword. Sasha's scream and Adelaide's shocked whimper fueled the rage in my body.
Gregory was going to die today, there was no doubt about it.
This was not just an attack on me. It was an assault on the very heart of my kingdom, and this scene of devastation would forever be used against me.
Other alphas would say I was not able to properly lead my pe
