chapter 102.

His heart dropped to his feet just as the doors slammed shut with a loud thud behind him.

Lycan Hall was even gigantic than it seemed outside, with an arched ceiling he was only used to seeing in churches. The official seat of the Lycan Council had a royal and timeless feel to it, and surrounded as he was by Lycans, Roy had a very strong impulse to scurry away – and never return but the thought of discovering what Bryan was hiding, kept him going.

Everyone around him was so superbly sensual. In all honesty, they are not even beautiful. Instead, the women were lushly striking while the men were hypnotic and alluring. Every move they made was underlined by grace and strength at the same time, and it made Roy feel foolish to walk the same halls they did and he started wondering if his hunger for the truth was worth this torture.

He gulped hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing. He stuck out like a sore thumb here without even trying, a sour lemon in a land filled with ripe exotic fruits.

Roy sl