Chapter 54 Please Believe Me, I Didn't Do It!

• The walk to the Alpha King's chambers felt like a death march. Four guards flanked me, each always twitched with their hands near their weapon. They were afraid of me, and their uneasiness showed. I couldn't blame them, a dead royal beta and the Red Phantom found standing over his body with a bloody sword wasn't exactly a peaceful scenario.
• Whispers followed us down the corridor. Servants stopped their duties to stare. A maid gasped and quickly averted her eyes when I glanced her way. News traveled fast in the palace, especially the bloody kind.
• "Keep moving," one guard muttered, as if I might bolt at any moment.