Ari's POV
“It doesn’t matter,” he muttered. “Lucius won’t last much longer. He is already too weakened by the poison.
I put a hand over my mouth. Poison. So he was aware.
Rylan drew himself up, his voice becoming colder, sharper.
“Yeah. He will be too dishevelled to be a leader. The council must hear me out.
My stomach flipped. That was the plan, right? Kick Lucius until the pack demanded another Alpha -Rlynch.
He gave a sigh and took a little metal box out of the table. Papers rustled. Bottles clinked. I crouched near the shelf in the hope that he would not hear, not even the dust.
We can not stop now, I said to myself. “Everything’s moving. And Lucius begins to lose faith in himself. Perfect.”
A chill crawled up my spine. It was not natural that Lucius was confused, his memories
