ALPHA JAMES “What the hell do you guys want?” I spat, glaring across the table at both Kaith and Sylvia. Just seeing them there—calm, collected, unbothered—set my blood on fire. “Can’t you see I’m having lunch?” Kaith shot back, lazily raising a brow as he took a bite from his plate, chewing like I wasn’t two seconds from flipping the whole damn table. It had been three days since our humiliating defeat— Three days since we barely escaped with our lives. Alpha Jude had found and dragged us back to Royal City. Sure, we owed our lives to those three… but that didn’t mean I had to like them. No, I couldn’t stand them. To make matters worse, my father had forbidden us from attempting to breach Nightbane again. His word was law in Royal City, and with the number of spies watching us, we

