As they entered the throne room for lunch, Paige kept her eyes trained on the floor.
You can do this, Paige… only two more days…
But... then what?
Would she really be able to go back home with Lucian and keep up this pretense, like everything was fine?
To keep something like this from him...?
“Ah... There they are... Good morning, Lucian… Paige, I trust you are feeling better today…?” She heard Alpha Atticus’s deep voice.
Paige forced herself to raise her head and nod politely before her eyes only briefly flitted to Alister, who was now staring at her from his seat at the end of the table, next to the king, same as before.
That sleazy little scumbag was going to be king of the wolves… She thought distastefully.
Alpha Atticus smirked. “There, you see, already adjusted…” Apparent
