Sienna could kill Darius or expose that her loyalty had cracked. She chose a third option, cutting the pendant from his neck and using the movement to whisper a warning. Darius extinguished the lamps. In the confusion they escaped through the same window she had entered.
They hid in a ruined chapel between territories. Darius showed her the final letter from her father, which claimed both packs shared an older enemy. Garrick had been selling captured wolves to a royal fighting ring.
The mate bond made every lie difficult to hide. Sienna felt Darius's grief when he admitted her father had died protecting him. She also felt the sudden spike of danger before the chapel doors opened.
Darius's younger brother stood outside with a crossbow aimed at Sienna. “Move away from her,” he said. “She already killed our father.”