John POV.
Everything was going so wrong. My people had a handle on the uninvited coven members from a coven that was banished. I left them to make sure our queen was safe. I didn’t know how to explain it but I felt something was wrong. I was right.
Here in this bloodied hallway, I stare at everyone. The beta I just saved now lunging to save our general's youngest son. Fredricks mate, Frances yelling all the while running to save him from a demon. Waylon, the queens second running fast overtaking Frances to try to save Fredrick too. I stare at our queen. She looked helpless. Staring at her friend, her people bleeding and hurt. But nothing compared to the look she gave the Alpha that was in her arms.
I don’t know how I didn’t see it before but in this moment I did. The Alpha was her ma
