Lycus sat on a mini looking throne chair at a round table with his children sitting across him. They sat in a spacious room he had set aside for their secret meetings.
His usual calm face had become rigid and stone cold. They had all been waiting for Raya and now darkness had fallen deep into the night but she hadn't arrived yet. Where was she?
"I told you, father. You trust that stranger too much. Now, she isn't here, is she?" Ruri spoke with a tone filled with contempt.
Lycus ignored his daughter and looked over at Shane, "Where is your mate?"
Shane looked up at him, one brow going up a fraction. "Why are you asking me? You think I know?"
"Maybe. Are you not mates?"
A muscle ticked in Shane's jaw as he stared hard at his father, "You know we're not. It's all a façade. One you made
