CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR- NYX
I sat next to Zeus in the back of the long black car, and every mile closer to the summit made my stomach twist tighter.
My fingers kept smoothing the same spot on my dress even though there were no wrinkles left. My nerves were already screaming.
Zeus noticed right away.
“Breathe, Nyx. Just relax. Trust me,” he said, voice low and steady. But every time he told me to calm down, my chest only got tighter.
I had spent the whole night digging through old articles and pack records about Stormfang. The deeper I read, the worse it got. I learned about the powerful families, the quiet power plays, and what everyone expected from Zeus’s future mate.
Most of all, I learned about Vera.
She wasn’t just some woman hoping to be Luna. She was Duke Armand’s daughter, a
