The hush that had enveloped the royal medical chamber quaked as though glass as the door smashed open in a deafening thud.
Daisy stood frozen to the ground with the knife in her hands.
The impact shock-jolted the candle fire and sent the very air flying about. The twin Alpha brothers, Mark and Lark, burst into the room with unbridled fury etched upon their faces.
Lark's eyes flashed to the woman kneeling beside Luna—Daisy's bed. Her arm extended, knife shining in her palm like the fangs of a snake ready to bite. Without a moment's thought, Lark leaped and grasped her wrist, twisting it so sharply that the knife bit into the stone floor, sliding harmlessly out of reach.
Before Daisy could utter a single word, there was a loud slap and Mark's hand snapped into her face. The force was en
