VALERIA

I froze at Quinn's words.

He kept deciphering the message, but my mind could only think about what the King must have felt when his children were murdered, and he had to take his mate’s life with his own hands.

I know all too well that soul-crushing pain that leaves you wanting nothing but death.

Aldric had it even worse—I didn't carry my baby in my womb for long.

He held his pups in his hands and loved his woman.

She didn’t betray him like I was betrayed. She didn’t deserve to die.

She