Chapter 246


    #Chapter 36 Don''t go anywhere


    "I don''t think your boyfriend would like you luring me out into the forest sote at night." Daemon said.


    Doris narrowed her eyes but he only continued with a smug look on his face. "If you wanted to talk, you


    don''t need to put on sucha show."


    "I don''t understand what you and your parents hope to gain from this kingdom. You have clearly


    overstayed your wee." Doris crossed her arms over her chest. "Your lies have been told, it''s time


    for you to go."


    Daemon chuckled to himself and started to pace the clearing. Beth nced at Doris with raised brows.


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    "Your king has already made that clear. We leave soon, so hopefully you and your prince will sleep


    better at night." He said. "I know how it feels to sleep with one eye open."


    "Did you get what you came for? Did all these weeks lead up to anything?" Doris asked. "I would hate


    to hear all the nights you watched me led to nothing."


    Daemon smirked a little when he looked at Doris. Even his handsome features couldn''t hide his


    devilish looks. "I think this trip was sessful. Perhaps one day you will see why. But that is the fun


    init, isn''t it?"


    Beth took a step closer and Doris had to grip her arm. She knew her friend wasn''t foolish enough to


    approach him, but the look in her eyes made Doris a little doubtful. They locked eyes and she lowered


    her eyes and stepped back.


    "You''re trying to turn the people against the pce, aren''t you?" Doris asked. Beth nced over at her


    with a surprised expression. Daemon shrugged and brushed his fingers across a leaf. "One might say


    that a strong kingdom could never lose its following. If you think your pce is so strong, I don''t think


    you should worry about a thing like that."


    "That might be true, unless someone has fed them lies and put a crack into its foundation. I find your


    presence here very rming. Even my friend here has noticed the shift in energy of this pce."


    Daemon nced at Beth before he met Doris''s eyes again. "If you were afraid we were going to leave


    without a goodbye, don''t be." Doris narrowed her eyes at him. The way the side of his mouth lifted as if


    he knew all the secrets that she wanted. She felt foolish to have even considered being nice to him


    when he was someone that lied to her from the start. He started to back out of the forest and bowed his


    head. "Goodbye, mydy. And her friend."


    The girls watched him leave and stayed silent for a long moment. Beth finally turned to Doris with wide


    eyes. "We have to warn William! I can get Enzo—" "I think he already knows." Doris said quietly as she


    stared at the ce where Daemon was a moment before. "Why does he have such an interest in my


    white wolf? I knew he would follow me out here."


    "I don''t trust him. How long has he been following you out here?"


    "Weeks. He would alwayse when I was at the end of it. He would try to push me to be more than


    what I was." Doris said quietly. Something felt off about it all. She knew it wasn''t a secret that she was a


    white wolf, but many people still didn''t know about it.


    Beth was quiet for a long moment. She went to Doris and took her hand. "Let''s get back. This ce


    gives me the creeps."


    Doris followed Beth back into the pce and felt that shift of energy again. Whispers quieted the


    moment she came through the door. Servants scurried off and out of sight as if they were afraid she


    would approach them.


    "We should find William." Doris whispered. Beth only nodded and they tried not to look as if they were


    ina rush as they picked up their steps. The clouds darkened as they exited the pce again. It was


    perfectly suited to how Doris felt inside. Everything felt as if it was slipping out of her grasp and she


    couldn''t hold onto it.


    William stood like a dream across the field in his riding gear holding their baby against him with one


    arm and talked with the men around him. If it was any other time, Doris would have slowed her steps to


    admire him. The way his ck hair grew even more of a mess from the wind. If her hair looked like


    that, she would look crazy. But it always made him more attractive.


    "William." Doris called. Every head turned to her the second she opened her mouth. William broke


    away from the group instantly without a word. He came up and grabbed her arm to lead her away. Beth


    hurried her steps to follow. "What happened?" He asked.


    "There''s something strange going on. I—I don''t know how to exin it, but something isn''t right.


    " Doris whispered. She nced over her shoulder to see his group staring at them openly as if they


    were a show. "I think those rulers have started something with your people."


    William furrowed his brow. "They''re set to leave tomorrow morning, Doris. This game has gone on for


    too long."


    "What game?" Doris asked. "I don''t understand—"


    William sighed and ran his fingers through his hair before he passed Alec to Beth. It sent a warm ping


    through her heart knowing that he trusted her.


    "I have someone looking into them while they''ve been here." He said quietly. "They''re at their kingdom


    now. I already ordered for them to pull back before the rulers leave but I think I got everything I need."


    "What?" Doris whispered.


    "I think I have information that will bring their kingdom down. I''m waiting for the messenger to get back."


    William said quietly and nced behind him. "They won''t be able toe back from it."


    "William—do you think they''re here to do the same to you?" Doris whispered. She could feel his warm


    breath caress her face.


    "They are, that much has been true. Which is why I need them far from this pce." William waved to


    the group that was waiting on him before he turned and brought Doris towards the pce. "You should


    stay in your room until this is over. I don''t know what they might do to get what they want."


    "I don''t want to hide away, that would make mea sitting duck to them!" Doris whispered. William''s grip


    tightened on her arm. Doris said nothing until they were all in their chamber.


    "Where''s Enzo?" William asked when the door closed behind them.


    "He''s trying to find out where the bad energy wasing from." Beth said as she rocked Alec. "He''s


    been wandering the pce for a few hours."


    "I have to talk to him. You two stay here and don''t leave this room." William said in a stern voice before


    he turned to leave. Doris and Beth stared at each other with an uneasy feeling in her stomach.