CHAPTER 49
LEILA’S POV
“Alaric,” I whispered, moving toward him, but someone suddenly held me back. I staggered, spinning around to find Beta Hugo gripping my arm in a death hold.
“What the f**k are you doing here?” he barked, but I ignored him, turning my gaze back to Alaric—his massive beast form lowly groaning in pain.
“I…I came to see him.”
”Didn’t I tell you to stay away?” he snapped, tugging harder at my arm. I shook my head, but before I could speak, Lady Diane’s voice came from behind us.
“You should be more concerned about how she managed to slip in,” she said, gracefully drifting toward the beast in pain. “Those incompetent fools.” She sighed, raising her hand and murmuring a few words that made the beast roar in agony.
My legs suddenly crumbled as pain ripped through my b
