ARNOLD’S POV
I’ve been away too long. My presence usually makes the maids bow and scurry away in fear due to how commanding I am. And today is no different. The palace servants shuffle nervously as I pass. Their eyes are lowered in fear and none of them dare to speak. I don't blame them. I’ve earned that kind of respect—or perhaps more fittingly, fear.
The day is dim. The clouds hang heavily in the sky. But it’s not the weather that has my blood simmering with anger. It’s the betrayal, the sheer audacity of what’s happening here.
I have one mission: to return to the heart of the palace, to see Kaine and Jaime, and to set things right. To make sure the boys—the Alphas I’ve mentored and shaped into the leaders they are—are doing what they should. I’ve trained them, guided them, made them
