Estella
Darius didn’t come to see me again. The first morning, I convinced myself he was simply busy—kingdom matters, councils, something important enough to keep him away. By the second, the silence had begun to itch under my skin. By the fifth, I was going crazy, especially with the fact that the guards stationed outside refused to let me go out.
When Lorelei called a week later, I almost screamed with relief. That was, until I heard her grave voice.
“I’ve looked everywhere, Rea,” she said with a frustrated sigh. “I’ve turned over every book I could find, tapped every connection I have, but nobody’s heard of a woman named Shannon or a hybrid whose wolf is… asleep. Then I thought of something.” She hesitated. “The Lycan King’s personal library. I checked the main archives, but the libr
