Chapter 66: The Tomb of Lycaon 

Maeve

Damian was not what I was expecting. He was an older man, tall and lean. He was probably not much older than my own father, but was significantly gray, his eyes framed by wire-rimmed

glasses. He looked more like a kind old schoolteacher than the super-villain of my nightmares, but based on Troy’s body language I realized there was much more to the man than I could gather based on a single glance.

Damian was standing, rocking on heels, and watching us. Pete was lying on the ground nearby. unconscious, and another unfamiliar man of a size that rivaled Robbie was leaning against one of the dead trees, his arms crossed over his chest.

“What are we waiting for?” Damian said in a casual, almost friendly voice.

Troy didn’t move; he was still as a statue, his focus on Damian.

“How are you here?” Troy finally said, his voice edged with fury and confusion. Damian arched his brow, giving Troy an incredulous look.

“I made some new friends,” Damian smiled, shrugging as he took a single step forward, craning his neck to look around Troy to catch a glimpse of me. “Ah, would you look at that? The rumors are true She does look like Ethan.”

Were leaving,”

“And going where exactly, Troy? I owe you; you know. When I first got word about the level of your intimacy with the princess, well, I thought it would cause me nothing but grief. But you’re here now, with her. This will all be over quite soon, and you can have your prize-”

“Prize?” I asked, looking up at Troy.

His shoulders fell a fraction of an inch, but he still stared straight forward, his eye on Damian, unblinking

I knew the original plan and the fact Troy was going to be paid handsomely for breaking Romero out of the castle, but that wasn’t what Damian had been planning all along. Troy was tricked. Surely, Damian didn’t mean to pay him still, if he had been planning to do so at all.

“I did promise you didn’t l?” Damian took another step forward.

“Promise him what?” I snapped, attempting to step out from behind Troy.

Troy blocked me, pulling me back behind him. But Damian had seen me fully, and his eyes widened, then his mouth curled into a malicious smile.

“Well done, Troy.”

“Don’t speak to me, or to her. Leave, now!”

I’d never heard Troy speak in such a tone before, his voice carrying through the clearing in a crisp. commanding way

“I was going to make you my heir, you know. You, the rightful prince-but wait, Romero is dead, isn’t he Troy? My man Horace saw to that, for you.”

“What is he trying to say, Troy?” I whispered into his back.

“Why don’t you tell her for yourself, Troy? Who you really are?”

“I suspect she already knows.” Troy answered, his tone biting.

I had no idea what he meant, honestly. He was Madalynn’s child; I knew that much. He mentioned his father’s name had been Behar. And his grandfather was

“You’re a prince,” I said quietly, the pieces falling into place. I didn’t know why the thought hadn’t crossed my mind before.

“More than that,” Damian folded his hands behind his back and paced, meeting my eye. “He’s the hereditary Alpha of Poldesse.”

I bit my lip to prevent myself from saying my thoughts aloud. Surely, Troy wasn’t planning on acting on that

“It can be all yours, Troy. The Kingdom of the Isles. Valoria is weak, ready for your hand to rule. I paved the way for the dynasty your grandfather always wanted. All you have to do is give me the girl.”

“No,” Troy said firmly without hesitation.

your

“I didn’t know her,”

had she raised you. A better

to lay

need her blood. You can have the

his back. But before I could act, the large man, Damian’s crony, had his arm

got to his feet, gracefully brushing the dirt from his

the fear beginning to well in the center of my stomach. Old Maeve would’ve given

Maeve was a

as the large man threw

the tunnel but tripped over Pete, who was still sprawled out on the ground. I caught myself on

fingers tangling in my hair as he yanked me off the beam and dragged me toward the

of me!” I screeched, reaching up and pinching his

wasn’t much taller than me. I thrashed

and trying to twist out of the large

over his teeth. “If you shift, Troy, I’ll kill her right now, right in front of you.” Damian produced a

eyes, trying to calm myself by breathing through

to be okay,”

hair again, making me wince. He laughed, enjoying

do you, Troy? Spawn of a White Queen,” Damian pulled up the sleeve of my

power

it just been me, Damian would be on the ground beneath my feet, begging for his

had the babies to consider. Damian needed me, and if

I exhaled, turning to look

taken aback by my sudden submission, but seemed pleased,

but you‘re not going to

me,” I said, my

go of my hair completely and positioned himself between me and Troy,

Princess A dead White Queen

of the courage I had to speak with my

giving me a look of pure

me the knife, I’ll show you. You need me, don’t you? I will open this door for you. I will show you how to access the

his response. “What makes you think I

my bluff. I didn’t know what to

for a moment, then turned his head to look down at Troy. Shrugging, he handed me the knife, taking a step away from me lest

and feel in my hands. I could throw it at

I’d have his big, burly bodyguard to worry about after that, the same man who had his huge hand

calmly, tilting his head as he watched me while I lifted my hand up, bringing the tip of the

my skin. Damian was grinning broadly, his eyes creasing with pure, unadulterated

the knife from my hand as I stole a

it, Maeve,” Troy

my lip, hoping he could see the desperation in my gaze. Then I turned from him and walked to the entrance of Lycaon’s tomb, my breath

What next?

held out my hand, inhaling deeply, then placed it on

to the tips of my fingers. It

behind me, his voice lifted in excitement as the door began to give way, the

backward by Troy, his arms coming around my chest and moving me

the hill, carved into the stone. Damian was already inside of

for the

going, we have to get Pete and get back to

need the moonstone, Troy. Do you not remember what happened in

Troy protested, his voice a

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