Chapter EIGHTY-FOUR

Dane “Welcome home, my prince!” The guards called as I arrived at the castle gates. I didn’t answer them. Instead, I kept my head down and rode into the castle. I got down from the horse and on the horizon, I could see the sun rising. The sky was purple, indicating the dying twilight. The castle was a bit busy. Maybe the news had reached them before I could say it. Of course, the guards I had been with had told them about the mission. They all knew what I had done. I was angry. I was mad that they had all turned me into the one thing I hated. They had turned me into a monster. There was only one person I could blame for this. My father. He had made me into this. He had forced me to get my hands dirty. He was a coward. He couldn’t kill the Silvermoon’s Alpha by himself and he had sent me to do this dirty work for him. He had broken me just so that he could make me king. That was the worst thing a father could do to his child. “Good morning, Prince Dane!” A guard called as I made my way