#CHAPTER 89: Tight Leash

MAEVE POV Eric collided with the marble tile floor with powerful force, the sound ringing so violently, so painfully in my ears that I could not help but flinch with a gasp. Meanwhile, his father towered above him He… he just hit him. In front of everybody… The commotion between the Alpha King and his reclusive second son brought the bumbling courtyard to a complete standstill, with everyone’s eyes glued to the dramatic scene. However enthralled everyone might have been, no one dared to intervene on the young prince’s behalf. Suddenly, I was brought back to Sarah’s birthday party… drenched with wine, trembling and humiliated and utterly alone. No one from my own pack thought to come to my rescue. I wanted to be the one to break that cycle. No one should know loneliness like that. But it was like I couldn’t move. My feet were frozen where I stood. “What could he have possibly done this time?” Isabelle muttered from behind me. Chest tightening, I watched as