Chapter Ninety-Eight

~ Zora

"He has a vendetta against you?" Mabel said after a moment.

"Me?" I pointed to myself.

Mabel nodded. "He gave instructions to the insider to keep you breathing long enough for him to exact his revenge. He hates you for killing Donovan who was like a son to him and also simply because you mean something to the King and his people."

"That's quite the vendetta." I murmured. "And why was Emilia absent?'"

"From what I could gather, she fell ill at the last minute and had to stay bedridden."

"No shit."

"I have to hurry along now." Mabel said, rising to her feet. "Alpha Troy put spies on everyone, I had to devise a plan to shake his tail before I could get here."

"That means he doesn't trust you." Roman observed.

Mabel turned to him. "He doesn't trust anyone, especially Alpha Scott."

"You mean Tyler?" I asked.

"Yes. The Alpha is not hiding the fact that he is in love with you especially with his benevolence to your family. Sooner or later, he will have to prove where his loyalt