"Out for a stroll?" Fin's voice was casual as he stepped from a side alley.
Jax blinked, slowing. "Alpha. You following them too?"
"I'm curious where they're going. Aren't you?"
Does Princess Meredith know about this? She might write another letter."
"Not another letter. Oh no. The horror."
They both chuckled. The kind of laugh only two old friends could share when they were both doing something they knew damn well they shouldn't be doing.
Ahead, they caught sight of the group again. Nova and Elle, weaving through the crowd near the edge of the quarter square.
"There they are again with those three," Jax muttered.
"Milo Briant. Ash Greyborne. Rael Kaelith."
Jax glanced at him sideways. "Related to those three elders on our council?"
"You're correct," Fin said. "Though according t
