Chapter 27 – Meeting of Kingdoms

MIKE

Lamia had called a meeting with the four kingdoms, and we were going to hold the conference in the ops room. I walked in, trying to wipe the sour look off my face that I was sure was still there ever since the beginning of the day.

I couldn’t get Lyric out of my mind, no matter how much I tried. The more she was here – around me – in the palace, the more the bond fell into place. The more it had both my wolf and me craving to be near her. Yet I also couldn’t get Jonda out of my mind.

Rhett shifted uneasily when I walked into the room. Our eyes met but there was nothing there. No animosity, no hatred, and no pity or empathy. We weren’t friendly like we usually would be. It was strange and foreign. If I was this worried about Jonda, I could only imagine how Rhett was feeling. But then again, he didn’t have a wolf, he wouldn’t feel a complete connection to Jonda. And if he did, he wasn’t showing it, or at least he was keeping very quiet about it.

Everyone was already seated. I wa