“This is going to turn into a massacre very soon,” Raksha muttered, directing her communication solely towards Akela as she watched him shake and slowly get up after being torn from Aidan’s body.

“You think?” the wolf replied sarcastically. “What on earth are we going to do?”

“We?” Raksha snapped angrily. “Well, the only thing to do here is for your lycan to put his head down and beg for his life.”

“Raksha, we always knew this was going to happen when Rhiannon found out about the truth! We said we’d handle it together!” Akela retorted.

“It’s one thing to handle the matter of his identity and quite another that he had the nerve of trying to take the throne! I never imagined he would dare!”

“He was really doing it to protect her... I wasn’t on board with it, either, but you can’t doubt his heart!" Akela claimed, and Raksha growled angrily at him in front of everyone.

“I don’t care about his heart or his intentions. He had us locked up! He knew who Rhiannon was and still he dared to ac