Estella’s POV
My stomach twisted as I stared at Darius while the air in Dane’s office pulsed with tension. This wasn’t supposed to happen. I had come here to find Dane, to thank him, maybe even… do something more, not land him in trouble with the Lycan King. If he found out that Dane and I were also mates… I wasn’t sure what Darius might do.
I searched the king’s eyes, but I saw only icy anger in them. A sickening thought slid into my mind.
What if he already knew? What he found out and did something to Dane, so that’s why he wasn’t here? What if he was just testing me to see if I’d confess?
I took a step forward, my voice breaking despite my attempt to keep it leveled.
“Where is Dane? What did you do to him?”
Darius’s eyes never left mine as he studied me like he was trying to r
