CASSANDRA
Asher’s gray eyes darkened instantly and his nostrils flared.
“Absolutely not,” he growled. “No, Cassandra. We’ll find another resolution. There’s no way I will allow you to set foot in the viper pit.”
“Your Majesty, we’re running out of time,” I insisted. “We need to find out what’s going on down there.”
“I need you here to treat the guards,” Asher said, but I shook my head.
“Becky is here and she’s more than capable of handling it while I’m gone,” I pressed.
The Alpha King ran a hand through his dark hair and shook his head.
“There has to be someone else,” he murmured. “Anyone else.”
“There’s not,” I said firmly. “You heard your men. Every guard you have at your disposal is too strong and large to make it down that corridor. I’m not. If the size he indicated is accurate
