Chapter 21: The Girl Is a Spy

*Theo*

A knock on my office door drew me away from the work that had occupied most of my day. I’d thrown myself into it, trying not to think about the events of the past few weeks.

My assistant, Ciana, had made a full recovery from the curse that had befallen her-or whatever it was that made her lose her senses that night-and since that time, I’d hardly seen her at all.

Which was for the best.

Now, I had to assume this knock on the door was likely her, coming to ask me some silly question. “Come In!”

The door opened just a crack, and a woman stuck her face in.

But it wasn’t Ciana. It was that other girl… Sophia? Was that her name?

“Pardon me, sir, but… I have some important information I think you need to hear. I don’t want to intrude.”

I blew out a deep sigh. Of course, she wanted to intrude. This girl was very much about attempting to secure a place with the royal family for herself, though I wasn’t exactly sure it was

me she was after….

“What is it?” I asked since she’d already barged her way into my thoughts.

She approached my desk and stood on the other side, her hands folded, her head tipped down. “It’s about your assistant, Your Highness.”

Here we go again. She was going to try to tear Ciana down somehow. “Make it quick.”

“Your Highness, I thought you should know, I just saw her meeting with some man outside in the forest. She was talking to him by this rundown house. It was all very strange.”

I set my pen down and looked into her eyes. The rundown house wasn’t something that Sophia could make up, and that was where the kidnapper Luther had led Ciana. Why would she go there? Who was she talking to?

Sophia gave a little shrug and said like she was just trying to help me out, “I don’t think we should trust her.”

Who was this “we” she was referring to? I wanted nothing to

do with this arrogant woman.

“I think she might be… a spy,” she concluded.

I didn’t want to believe her. She’d been trying to get Ciana in trouble from day one. But somewhere, deep in my gut, I began to wonder what Ciana had been up to lately.

“All right then. I’ll check,” I said, dismissively. “Anything else?”

She opened her mouth as if she might say something else, but when she saw the look on my face, she knew better.

“No, Your Highness.” She bowed again and left.

I attempted to continue to do my work, but I couldn’t get her

and somehow Ciana

up from my desk, I headed outside

very far when I heard someone moving around, and I knew that it had

next thing I knew, my “personal attendant” was jumping out from behind a tree with a knife in her hand, lunging at me. “You’re

hand, but at the same time, multiple throwing stars flew at me and almost took me by surprise. I wasn’t afraid of her. Even with her

know you could fight like this.” I

deeply and covered her

Highness!”

eyes. She was a very good fighter… way more skillful than I thought of an average Alpha’s daughter. Had she been hiding her true strength

you

swallowed, “I was

She lied.

eyes and challenged her. “Taking a walk with yourself fully armed?” My tone

just saw a shadow in the dark,

to pretend that this was just an accident, and you

“Your Highness-”

“Now tell me, what

blanched, her eyes

were you not out here

at me blankly, not

a denial

woman, and she had a pair of seemingly innocent eyes, but those were the ones who would get

my ear. “She’s a

no different from the other men or women who wanted my

was I so surprised? They were around me all the time, but Ciana….

I was betrayed by someone who I trusted. It was ridiculous; she was just one of those eighty women who were

when I slaughtered those other assassins in my office with Jake. She should’ve

Jake. Hell, even Warren seemed to

just been waiting for the right

to her rescue last time, that was probably all just a show for Luther. And the curse? Of course, it didn’t take! It was all faked. It was all just part of the show she was putting on with Luther. I had stayed up all night nursing her, hoping

kissed her lips! The thought of it now made me want to

this time, she’d been having all of these little “accidents,” and I’d been stumbling along behind her, trying to ensure her safety. I was as big a fool as

called

“Yes, Alpha.”

the garden and collect my personal

immediately. “Where do you want me

the little miss and see if he could get any information out of her. I was washing my hands of Ciana Black once and for

watched Ciana’ s expression change as she figured out what was going on. “Please, Prince Theo, if you just give me a chance to

a chance to tell me the truth, but you lied. Jake, take her to

look at him, his head was tipped toward the ground. He wouldn’t disobey me, though. He didn’t grab her. He didn’t

night air calm me. I still had her blood for

be able to cause any more trouble

*Jake*

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