Ronan’s POV
“Lisa is nowhere to be found.”
The words glared at me from my screen. For a moment, I couldn’t move, couldn’t think. The sounds of murmur and hushed conversations dulled into a distant hum, swallowed by the hammering of my pulse. I tried to remain calm and composed on the outside. But inside, I raged.
My thumb hovered over Damon’s last message, the words burning into my brain yet refusing to seem… real.
‘Lisa is nowhere to be found.’
What?
I gritted my teeth so hard my jaw ached. Around me, the reporters were still shouting, cameras still flashing, but their noise also faded into a dull roar. The weight of the moment shifted. The crown, the council, Lucien — all of it meant nothing if I couldn’t find her. I couldn’t meet that one important condition otherwise!
"Alpha R
