Chapter 172

Drakken sat at the head of the long wooden table in the palace's grand hall, his eyes scanning the faces of the elders of his pack. His father sat to his right, his expression stern and unyielding. He knew that his father disapproved of him, but he needed his support now more than ever. He wouldn't rest till he got to the bottom of the issue, and so he'd declared an emergency meeting.

"Thank you all for coming at such short notice," Drakken began, his voice commanding attention. "We have a situation at hand. One of my guests has gone missing in the palace."

There was a murmur of concern from the elders, and Drakken noticed his father's jaw tighten in annoyance. He knew what was going on in his father's head. Summoning the elders over his whore of a mistress who'd gone missing.

"Does anyone have any information that might help locate her?" he asked, scanning the faces of those gathered around the table.

There was a long moment of silence before Benjamin spoke up.

"Perhaps, if you had