Another security risk. Bridget’s betrayal was still an ache in my chest.
Claudine removed my hand. “Calm yourself, Troy. You don’t have a security risk. I know Finn’s scent. I smelled his blood by that bar your mate is trying to reopen. I went by the infirmary yesterday, and I could smell him there.”
“And you thought it was your best chance to see him?”
For a second, so brief I almost missed it, Claudine’s eyes flickered with emotion. “You are not old enough, pup, to regret the things you are doing now, but there will come a day, when you look back on your leadership, and wish you’d done things differently.”
She acted as if I’d only been in power for a few months. I’d already made choices that I regretted.
“I will ask Finn if he’s ready to see you, but if he is not, you are to leave i
