#Chapter 370: An Act Of Treason

Everyone, myself included stood there staring at Bridget with wide eyes. Did she… just slap the crown prince of the werewolf kingdom? At least, I supposed, she didn’t do so in front of the cameras, or in front of Ambassador Zale and his merfolk guards. But even so, to do so at all… Nathan was as shocked as the rest of us, but he seemed to recover first among us, enough to rush forward toward Bridget and grab her arm. “What in hells name do you think you are doing?” he said with barely concealed outrage. As much as Nathan liked Bridget, as much as he’d been ordered to make her look good, an assault on the prince could not be tolerated. Whatever her offenses against me, this might have been the one that would land her in the most trouble. “Did you just slap Prince Nicholas?” Nathan demanded, though he all saw it happen. We all already knew the truth. A vein was beginning to pulse in Nathan’s forehead. I glanced nervously at Nicholas, half-hoping he would step in before Nathan