Damon’s POV
The palace had never felt so empty. It was ridiculous. Pathetic, even. This palace housed hundreds of wolves. Servants. Guards. Advisors. Nobles. Yet somehow one missing female had managed to make the entire place feel abandoned.
I hated it.
More importantly, I hated the reason. For three days, I had barely slept. Scouts had been dispatched across the kingdom. Trackers had been sent to every major territory. Roads had been watched. Borders monitored. Messengers sent.
Nothing.
Every report brought the same answer.
No sign of Elodie.
The realization was becoming increasingly difficult to tolerate.
I stood inside the war room staring at a map spread across the strategy table.
Red markers covered half the kingdom.
Each one represented search teams.
Each one represented w
