Chapter 49

From Daunte's POV

The moment the demon dropped Alessia, I rushed to her side. I was not expecting him to push forward until we had an agreement from Jared, especially not with Maliyla and Katia there. I quickly pulled Alessia into my arms, held her, and kissed her forehead. I wanted to tell her how much I loved her, but I couldn't find the words, certainly not after the demon's last words to me.

"Beware of the company you keep, for some are on his side," he warned.

Those words sent a wave of chills up my spine. At that moment, I knew we had a mole in our mists and clearly more than one. The first person that came to mind was Margaret. Although she had been with me for many years, something had changed in her just a few weeks after Alessia arrived. She had been acting weird and seemed to disappear at the most inopportune times. My thoughts went back to the day we left the Onyx Fang Pack, and I recalled how Margaret wanted to know details of our departure, not to mention the blanket and