NATHAN’S POV
The invitation arrived just before sunrise. Formal. Royal. Predictable. King Damon requests the presence of all allied Alphas and their representatives for discussions regarding territory stability, military structure, and kingdom expansion. I stared at the letter longer than necessary before placing it down on the strategy table.
Lucien leaned against the opposite side of the room watching me carefully.
“You’re thinking too hard already.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“You stopped reading halfway through.”
“I finished it.”
“You memorized it after the first line.”
I ignored him, Mostly because he was right. Again. Damon hosting important Alphas inside the palace was not unusual anymore. Since becoming king, he had become obsessed with consolidating support and reinforcing his a
