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“Yes.” He answered with difficulty.

He shut his eyes, feeling the tension that bit his whole body. Her cold gaze had eaten his inside. He felt awful.

“Why?”

“Our knights and your father’s knights were assassinated two weeks ago,” Malikul revealed the names that Shadow – unfortunately – knew too well.

Malikul watched Shadow’s face grow passive. He hated it when she did that, putting on a mask to hide her real emotions.

“It was a blatant war declaration from them.”

“Let me guess… the wolves are involved?”

“Unfortunately.”

“They are all familiar faces too?”

Malikul reluctantly nodded his head.

“Fucking shit.” Shadow slammed her fist on the table.

Bom!

The table was inevitably destroyed even though she didn't use all of her strength.

If all of them knew about them, there’s a chance that those wolves were Albert’s relatives. Probably his distant uncles or royal associates who hunted Albert for fun.

To put it into another perspective, Albert was acquainted with them, directly or indirec