Chapter 41: The Marriage Decree THORNE I pushed myself out from my chambers toward the halls, with one of the Gammas following behind. I hadn't seen Taylor in a while, and I'd been trying to mindlink him, but I couldn't. The door opened automatically as I scanned the room, staring at the faces. I had called for a meeting. It wasn't necessary that I tell them about getting married to her in two weeks, but it was customary. Instantly, they stood up the moment I walked in and bowed down. I walked toward my throne—a monument forged from the bones of my enemies and the steel of fallen warriors. Wolf skulls formed the base, their hollow sockets seeming to watch as jagged iron swords jutted upward like twisted spines. The armrests were sharpened blades that had tasted the blood of anyone f

