Chapter 22

Viktor

Had I known what would happen to the little Princess's mother, I might have turned around.

I had traveled a mere twenty minutes until I ran into a familiar face.

"Old friends", many would call them. In my case, they weren't friends at all. I had made countless enemies in my lifetime, and I wasn't finished yet.

My past was a complex storm of deceit and betrayal. A past I had whole heartedly left behind.

"You left behind that life for a life of violence." Hades shook his head.

I sighed, my wolf and I sometimes disagreed on such matters. "It was for the best, Hades. Killing is what we have always been known for. Now we kill on our terms."

Twenty minutes into my retreat from the green eyed Princess and the knowing eyes of her mother, I stumbled into someone from my messy past.

Not many people remembered me for who I was. Many of those who remembered the old ways had long been