Chapter Ninety-Seven

A punishment too cold

“I’m fine with that!” I agree to meet with Nadine.

“Well I’m not!” It’s Lorrel that refuses before Lance.

“She won’t harm me.” Somehow I felt confident in this. She’d happily let others kill me, but not by her own hands. It’s almost as if she is being forced to do something.

“Will you execute her?” I bluntly ask Ricardo.

“It’s highly likely. I need to speak with my advisors but I can’t see her behaviour having a way out of this.”

“What of the baby? Do I have your consent to offer the baby a place at the Mulder pack? They adopt children from packs where wolves had pups before meeting their mates…children that a pack wouldn’t want to raise. If I paid for the child, would you consent to release her into Alpha Rory Mulder’s guardianship?”

“Why would you do that?” He huffs at me.

“She is an innocent and away from judgemental lycans, she could flourish.”

King Ricardo considers me for a moment before replying.

“I can use my idea as a bargaining tool. She may talk