Chapter Forty-Two

~ Zora

Confused, I stared at him. “How is he our dark horse?”

“If he’s still in any way in love with you, we could use that to our advantage,” Nox said and things began to make sense. At first, guilt set in, at the thought of using Tyler, then I remembered he used me too. He knew he was going to betray me yet he strung me along and took my virginity before announcing his engagement to another.

It’s only quite fair that I return the favor and use that to get in on Emilia’s plans.

“But there’s one problem though.” I said to Nox, “He marked her which probably means she marked him too, his loyalty to her will be strong and I accepted his rejection, there’s nothing that binds us anymore, I doubt he’s still in love with me.”

“We’ll never know until the wedding,” Nox said, planting a kiss on my shoulder.

“Do you think they will come?”

“I know they will come,” Nox replied. “Who wants to lose an opportunity to enter the sacred lands of the lycan territory? If I were Emilia, I’d do my