Chapter One Hundred and Forty Five
| walked into the room, noticing that their scent still lingered, Thane and Axel had been in here, that | was sure
of, but then what were they doing in here?
This was none of my business, | should turn around right now, ssecrets were just not meant to be
discovered, and | was satisfied with the way things were now, | didn’t need to spoil that. | had been about to do
just that I had been about to turn away from this room when I discovered the pictures pinned to the wall.
| knew these people.
Sof them were at the ball at this moment, but most of them had been present in the meeting; | could spot
Alpha Trent, Alpha Cain, Alpha Zack... and others.
They were all Alphas, | realized, but what was more disturbing was that all the pictures pinned to the wall were
marred by a bold crimson ‘X‘. You only see stuff like these in movies, this was how the ‘assassins’ mark their
next victim.
Lbacked away, till the table in the middle of the room halted my movement. On the table was a map, and there
were several markings on the map.
What really had Thane and Axel been doing in this room?
Just then | heard footsteps approaching. | could make out Beatrix’s voice even from the distance.
My heart slammed fast against my chest. It tooka moment to find the thick handle on the wall-like door, and
it took huge effort forto shut the hidden door. | could only hope that handle could also getout of this
room; if not, then | was doomed.
| could hardly pick a thing Beatrix was saying from in here, and | guess that was the point of
the secret room.
“.... He is full of surprises,” she said; perhaps she said more than that, but that was all | could
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“Just when | thought things couldn't get any better,” Beatrix said, followed by more muffled words before the
voices disappeared. They must have left.
| had spent too much taway; Thane would be looking for me.
| stared back at the pictures pinned to the wall. This was all wrong. | suddenly felt like this room was too small. |
tried the thick handle, but the thing wouldn't bulge. | panicked, pulling harder, but still nothing. | was trapped; |
might die here if no one ever found me.
| closed my eyes, calming my raging nerves.
Panicking wouldn't help. Maybe | just had to pull harder, and this tthe door did move; the relief filledas |
slipped out of the small passage. It was easier shutting the door when | was out, all I had to do was pull the
sword-like object, and the door completely closed shut.
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| hurried away from the secret room, going as fast as my legs could take me.
| didn't want to return to the mating
ball; | just couldn't, so | took the
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AN till I was in the woods; finally,
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What had Beatrix been referring to
when she said things were about to
get more ‘interesting ® part Of me
feft like was all connected to Thane
and... Axel. Also why where those
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There were so many questions on my mind-many | wasn’t sure | wanted to discover the answer to. | hadn't
realized | was crying till | felt the wetness against my cheeks.
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No one was to seeweak; | was
the Queen Luna, and just like Freya, |
was to hide all my fears; just like
Thane, | was to wear a mask on $0
no one would kpot)hdw Hiruly felt
ride, bt he truth was that | was
hot like any of them; | was Riley
Kaidon, the girl who had been
uncertain of her future months back,
and maybe still was. | wasn't as
strong as the others born into this
kind of life; | didn't want to always act
strong, even in times when | wasn't. |
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A silent whimper caught my attention.
| wasn’t alone.