Ariella’s POV
The hall was still a disaster zone…blood on the marble, chairs flipped like someone had thrown a tantrum with furniture, broken glass crunching under boots…but the worst of the chaos had cleared out.
Ordinary pack members had been ushered away fast, faces pale, mouths shut tight and brows raised in confusion.
What was left were the heavy hitters…the nobles, the Alphas, and now the royal council members storming in through the main doors like they owned the place.
Which, technically, they kind of did when it came to keeping the king in check.
I stayed glued to Edric’s side, my expression still the perfect mask of calm concern.
This part? The part where the royal council members weren’t in the hall during the show, it was all me.
I’d pulled Cole aside right after I s
