Chapter 44.

Dane's POV:

“I asked, who sent you?” My voice was deep and authoritative as I glared at them kneeling on the ground, their heads bowed.

Seeing how furious I was, they lifted their heads and turned to me, a sneer curling up on their lips immediately. It was scary and, above all, felt intensely weird.

“Alpha Halfdan sent us!” they finally declared. My brows furrowed immediately at the sound of what they had just said to me.

“What? That wasn't what you told me! Who sent you? Say the truth right now!” I commanded, but it was fruitless. It was as though they had taken orders from someone and weren't going to speak up no matter what.

Slowly, I turned to look at the crowd that had kept mumbling. They were as shocked as I was too. Just then, my eyes met with that of Edmond, and the sneer that was on his lips drove home one fact: he had a hand in this.

He had done something to them, but how? When? Last time I checked, the cell was heavily guarded, so how the hell did Edmond get past the guards