A lump formed in my throat at the sight of my former arranged mate explaining this to the others, his tone warm and supportive. He could have had such a different attitude toward all of this, toward me… but it was obvious now that whenever he had seemed angry, he had been acting under Zephyr’s control. I had his allegiance, and it meant more than I ever could have imagined.
“Why weren’t we told of all this?” Tony demanded. “And why is Calista pretending to be Alpha, then?”
“She’s not pretending,” I breathed. “She deposed our father. And I’m still…” I paused, not wanting to undermine myself so soon by admitting I had no fluffing clue what I was doing.
“Aveline has not challenged her for the throne,” Lucian added simply.
“And why not?” Yeh asked. “We can’t have this kind of… disarray.”
