LUCIEN “Report,” I said, my voice was calm, cold, and deceptively patient. Leonel stepped forward. “The Golden fangs perimeter is secure. The rogues that slipped through last night were handled before dawn. No further infiltration detected.” “Hmm, what about the medical division?” I asked, although I was calm, my patience was on the very edge. Kaelen’s absence from the field was way too bothersome. “The healers are finalizing their recovery rotations, and Lord Kaelen has recovered well enough, but healers suggested a few more days of rest—” An urgent knock on my office door, paused Leo and he frowned at the disturbance. Soon, the door opened and a soldier entered, his face drained of colours. “What is it?” Leo raised a brow. “My lord, Lady Stormrune—she had col

