Chapter 150: Adelaide.

Cain grills me on what I've learned about Ashryn so far and I almost feel bad that I am not able to offer more than I do.

I tell him the little I have learned, that Ashryn was a stellar prince but he wasn’t the only prince. He was the only child and son of his werewolf mother, but Aquinas had another wife, one who had four sons.

Four totally unremarkable sons.

Cain half frowns and half smiles when I lay emphasis on that part.

“You believe something is up with that number don’t you?”

At this, I shrug and struggle to keep my face and reaction neutral but I can tell Cain sees right through it.

He huffs in amusement and I can't help the smile that creeps up my face. There’s no need for me not to smile, and hey, no one ever said I couldn't speculate.

How often does it happen that some super-powerful prince who eventually went on to rule this land, had four totally powerless brothers who unlike him had a complete Lycan parentage?

Not so often, and it’s too coincidental for me not to read an