Chapter Forty

◼Nikolas POV◼

While I was in the meeting, my butler came over to notify me that Rose left the palace grounds. Cullen, seeing my reaction, stopped the discussion. Earlier I had received word from the spies that hunters were roaming the zone. Especially Rose’s clan. I didn’t know if Alpha Maximus had notified her, but I needed to know, so I called him.

He was brief, informing me that his men were on the lookout. Hunters were not just on Rose territory, but his. It intrigued me to know why they need to find that treasure. It confused me as to where I would ask Rose about it.

Now here I was trying to get ahold of Rose, but she wasn’t answering her phone. I tried calling Alpha Maximus, but it wasn’t going through. Something was telling me that Rose would be in danger. Ordering some of my m