Perhaps it was only the uneasiness that was curling in my stomach, but the castle halls were colder that night. I couldn't sleep since my thoughts were still clouded by what Kael had said the previous evening.
*Either you are my greatest weapon or my greatest weakness.*
I didn't have much time to think about that comment, but it hung around my neck like a thick chain. Something didn't feel right. Like a storm edging in before the first clap of thunder, the atmosphere inside the stronghold had changed. I sensed being observed. hunted.
The Lycan Elders usually seemed to pause their conversation when I walked into a room, and I wasn't sure when I first noticed the whispering. The way their gaze stayed for an excessive amount of time.
It happened.
And I was determined to discover what it
