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All eyes danced around the Alpha Prince as he strode into the room, his shoulders held high with regal poise. The sound of his boots echoed against the floor, and his face was as stony as always.

"I do not think she deserves those questions, Alpha Maverick," he said suddenly when he got to the head of the table.

The people expressed surprise, including Maverick, who wondered if Czar had heard his words.

In a tone as cold as an arctic wind, Czar added: "Lady Masha here is a wife to this family; she should not be embarrassed that way."

He lowered himself to a seat, dropping the jaws of half of the people in the room.

Masha's cheeks warmed up in surprise. Did Czar just speak up for her? Again?

Edgily, she took a seat. But Alpha Maverick was greatly offended. How could Czar counter him in public? A little boy he had carried in his arms when his sister birthed him. All of a sudden, he's now a man and feels he can talk back at him.

He clenched his fists under the table. Enough of the humili