•| SAPPHIRE
“Are you sure they have no ulterior motives for asking you to move into the palace?” Leon asked as I helped him clean up while he prepared to close for the day.
I frowned. “The Alpha and his cohorts have ulterior motives for everything they do.” I dusted my hands and sat on one of the chairs. “He wants to watch me. Monitor me. And maybe—“
“Have an opportunity to get rid of you for good,” Leon completed.
“Correct.”
“If you already know that, why did you agree to move to the palace? Why didn’t you find a way?” I could see the anger in his expression.
I wished he would understand that right now, I had no choice but to dance to the Alpha’s tune while secretly planning a way to get my revenge. From the moment he uttered that word, I knew their plan—they wanted to frustrate me,
