Avery’s POV
I was still so angry from finding Zara and Dierdra plotting in the corridors, and frustrated with myself at being caught. I hadn’t even heard what they were discussing, so it truly was useless intel.
I stared out at the swirling dance floor, feeling a black melancholic mood descending over me. Coming here had been such a waste of time. Instead of being able to question Zara about my mother’s whereabouts, I instead learned that she was coordinating with Gideon’s true mate.
It all was falling into place now. The convenient timing of Dierdra’s arrival right before our wedding. The mark on her neck that I knew was false but which Gideon wouldn’t believe me about.
Knowing Zara was behind it all made so much sense. She wanted me gone, and she was working with the Rogue King to
