For a moment, I said nothing. I only stared at the city lights flickering beyond the glass. The palace towered above everything — the center of order, the heart of the pack — and yet, in that moment, I felt completely alone.
I’d built this empire from blood and strategy. I’d united clans that had once hunted each other. I’d restored the power my father lost. And yet, with all that victory, I couldn’t control one thing…her.
“Tell the hospital I’ll receive their representative, then,” I said finally. “If she refuses, they can send someone else.”
Rowan inclined his head. “Already done, Majesty. They’ve confirmed someone will come in her place.”
“Who?”
“They didn’t say,” he admitted. “Only that the person will arrive within a few days. A liaison from their department. They mentioned, howe
