Chapter 86

"Is that supposed to be a form of punishment?"

It was Theo who asked this and the dowager nodded in response. However, Jessica smiled widely, pumping her chest up,

"Yes, your majesty," The way she said it. The way her eyes glittered with mischief. I knew then that somehow Jessica knew that I was hiding more than my identity, somehow she knew that I'm an half-shifter.

Was.

But still, I couldn't shift in front of them. I hadn't even told Theo about my wolf and if I revealed that I was a white wolf, I had no idea how they would treat me. Swallowing, I stepped forward making Jessica's smile falter,

"You want me to strip myself in front of all these people. Isn't that what you're insinuating?"

She balked, eyes widening, "What? No-No, that's not what I-"

"Then what else would you possibly mean?" I cut her off, raising a hand, "If I shift, my clothes would be shredded and once I shift back, I would be naked. Or perhaps do you plan on giving me snakeskin?"

Snakeskin was an apparel worn by