CHAPTER 255 ENEMIES WITHIN

Hudson woke up the next morning alone in bed. He slept in the spare bedroom, intent on continuing his plan to ignore Claire. However, he almost reconsidered his plans when he woke up and perceived her scent in the spare room as if she had stayed when he had been knocked out. He could have sworn he waited for her to sleep before going to bed, but this was Claire, and Claire was full of surprises. Hudson wanted to stay home for another day to sort out the events of the previous night with Claire, but he couldn’t because most of his generals had already found results for the task he had given them at the previous meeting. And pack matters can’t wait. Hudson was seated at the head of the long council chamber table, his expression rigid as he stared ahead. The thoughts of Claire crying yesterday weighed heavily on him, but he had to block them out for now because he had more pressing matters to attend to. With him on the table were the people in his ranks. They were the ones with th