Chapter 138

Third Person’s POV

Adelaide’s heart pounded, her wolf claws silently lengthening beneath her sleeves.

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She finally grasped Lycan Erasmus’s intent — he was using Velda to undermine Alpha Lance’s military prestige.

And she was a key piece in this chess game.

“Lycan Erasmus, I don’t follow your implication,” she said, straightening her spine, “but perfection in battle is impossible. Resources are limited. Alpha Lance left Velda at the rear; she violated orders. How is that Alpha Lance’s fault?”

Her cedar pheromones surged, striking the gilded wolf–head emblem in the hall like a hammer.

Erasmus locked eyes with her, his gaze inscrutable yet slowly curving into a smile. “I haven’t even started, and you’re already defending him.”

Adelaide was baffled but sensed an odd hostility, or something like it.

His final words, tinged with mockery, sent a chill down her spine what did “already defending him”

even mean?

As the Frostfang Pack’s Alpha, she was attuned to royal nuances.

——

motives in his words were more

paused. “Lycan Erasmus, war allows

end. “Especially in

Town were sound. Minor errors

Border and won.”

thaw, yet unable to mask the sharp glint in his eyes. “I merely asked a question or two, and look

the gilded wolf head reflecting Adelaide’s tensed shoulders, “After all, the great victory at the Southern Border

was drenched in cold

had been laced with hidden blades, deadlier than the Western Tribe’s

moonstone embedded in it, from the same source as the shard in her necklace, now gleamed at her like a heavy icicle, pressing painfully on

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earlier sternness had suggested

Adelaide couldn’t

leave, she decided, bowing. “I won’t interrupt

Clarissa’s expression softened. “Alright.”

Adelaide took Beata’s sweaty hand–Beata was as terrified as she

and accusatory; had

Erasmus retracted

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stern look, he felt uncharacteristic apprehension

sighed. “Why

wanted to ruffle her feathers,

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