AUNT NELLY'S POV
The body is still warm when I kneel beside it.
That tells me everything I need to know.
I push the hood back and study his face. He's a young boy and too young to be doing this kind of work. His neck is broken clean, quick. He never saw it coming. Good. Fear leaves a mess behind.
I roll him onto his side and pull his sleeve up.
There it is.
It's Ashback.
The mark is burned into his skin, half healed, and careless. Rael always was sloppy when he thought he had the upper hand.
I grab the corpse by the ankle and drag him down the hall. Blood streaks the stone behind us. Guards freeze when they see me coming. None of them could speak. They know better.
Alpha Theron looks up from his desk when I kick the door open.
The body hits the floor at his
