Azazel POV
"Your Highness." The guard waiting outside my study bowed as soon as I reached the corridor. "The Queen Mother summoned the wolf this morning."
I stopped walking. "When?"
"Shortly after breakfast."
"Who approved it?"
The guard lowered his head. "No one, Your Highness. Her Majesty sent for Lady Lucielle directly."
I looked at him for a moment before turning away. My mother never did anything without a reason, if she wanted Lucielle in her chambers, she wasn't inviting her for tea. I changed direction immediately and headed toward my chambers.
The servants stepped aside the moment they saw me coming. By the time I reached the door, two guards were already standing outside exactly where I had ordered them to remain.
One of them opened the door before I could say a word
