Gideon’s POV
The banquet ended abruptly, with everyone disbanding on my orders. I hated to have Claire’s celebration end so poorly, but it couldn’t be helped. Daphne, once again, had shown up and ruined everything.
Once I had returned Claire and the children safely to the pack house, she told me of Delilah’s warning, about the possible connection to Darius.
“We have to go see Darius right away,” she said. “Maybe we can get the truth out of him.”
“You aren’t going anywhere near that man,” Gideon said. “I’ll be damned before I put you in his crosshairs.”
“I’m already in his crosshairs.”
“All the more reason for you to stay here.”
Her fear mixed with her anger and she snapped, “I may be a princess now, but I’m still the same Raven. I can take care of myself.”
She must have felt like
