Liana's office was a sanctuary of calm, with its minimalist decor and serene garden view. Cool shades of blue and green mingled together to ease her nerves, which had been strung tight ever since she returned from the cursed forest and realised that the rogues had attacked once more, destroying a major city and human towns along with the packs.
Her fury urged her to storm to the sites where the devastation lay immediately, but Lucian had suggested(more like restrained and forced her to listen, actually) that she wait for the reports that the other Alphas had summarised. She had been stumped for a minute, wondering why the King, who always insisted that she work alone, had sent the others to scout the crime scenes this time around.
“Why wasn’t I informed right away?” Liana had asked, he
