~Lyra~
Darius and his wolves surrounded the entire medical building, sealing off every entrance like a fortress.
“I don’t care who among you was planted, paid off, or persuaded to interfere,” Darius said to the nurses and the doctor, his tone flat. “But if anything happens to Princess Lyra—anything at all—I won’t investigate. I won’t ask questions. You and everyone you love… all go down together.”
No one dared move. The air thickened with fear. Dr. Zane swallowed hard. “We’ll do everything we can.”
“As long as the princess and the pup come out alive…” Darius reached beside him and pulled back a velvet cloth.
The staff gasped.
Mountains of gold shimmered beneath the lights—coins stacked high, boxes overflowing, so much wealth it almost looked obscene. “Life or fortune,” he said quie
