Chapter 034

Before I could respond, he grabbed my hair, forced it to bob up and down. I shuddered at the thought of the picture they had painted. I clapped my hand over my mouth to keep the sobs in, but the tears ran down my cheeks.

What did these men want? What was going on and most importantly, where were the guards who were supposed to be protecting us?

The other man laughed. "I think she's gotten it now. Look at her shake like a frightened little mouse."

I heard the scarfaced man's joints pop as he squatted in front of me. "In two days, at the meeting with the Alpha- Ah. Yes. You have finally figured what this is about, haven't you?" I felt my eyes widening, bugging with horror at the realization of what was happening. Asher had sent these people here. My mother had been right. The meeting really was a ploy to manipulate this situation to their advantage. Only the goddess knew what horrors Alpfay Dawson had in store for me and my mother now.

I was brought back to the present by a stinging sla