Kaden's POV
No matter what I did, Lucien was always ten steps ahead of me. He didn’t even realize I was plotting to kill him and take the throne for myself. Every day, I waited eagerly for the moment I would become the king of his pack. But the fools around me were utterly useless.
Fucking morons. Why did I have to do everything myself?
It was supposed to be simple. The plan was straightforward: kill the Alpha heir before he could ascend to the throne. I’d laid the groundwork—just poison the bastard and be done with it. But I was surrounded by incompetents who couldn’t even manage that. I slammed the door and stormed to the table, grabbing a glass of wine and chugging it down.
I needed something against Lucien. Some leverage, some weakness I could exploit.
I threw my jacket onto the t
