#Chapter 401: Rejecting The King’s Request

Things were quiet on the way back to the palace. We’d managed to escape before we saw a bear. Nicholas had seemed confident that none of the people we had run into had been a bear shifter. “I would have known,” Nicholas said. “Their smell would have given them away.” Alphas had sensitive noses, so I had to assume that was true. Whatever the case, we managed to return to the palace without incident. Tiffany took the photo of the twins and rushed back to the sitting room we had been using for our meetings. Once she was gone, Veronica sighed. “She’s been trying so hard to make the most of the time she thinks she has left.” All of us looked at Julian, but he glanced away, avoiding all of our glances. “We could all do with that determination,” Julian said. “Since we are working to stop a war before it can begin.” With that, he, too, went down the hallway, following in Tiffany’s steps. Veronica nodded at me, and at Nicholas, and then shadowed Julian in the same direction. I wa