Chapter 34 Thirty Four

• Shawn found it hard to sleep; both the barbarians' appearance and Alicia’s untold problem were taking a toll on him. He didn’t know which one to consider a problem at the moment: figuring out the barbarians' main purpose or forcing Alicia to tell him what was going on in her pack. He would have loved to send Theo to investigate, as he was the only person he trusted the most. However, this was a crucial time- he couldn’t have Theo leave the border, especially not when he would be going to the palace soon too. It would be fatal if both of them were absent, and no matter how much he wanted to find out about Alicia, he couldn’t take such a risk.
• He sighed and wiped his fingers on his face; the only option would be to get her to tell him herself. But how can he do that? Even though he had left an opening offer of breaking the rules for her, she didn’t trust him enough to say, and he couldn’t understand why she was hiding it. If he eventually takes her to the king, he would be present when she speaks to him, so won’t he still find out? Why was she concealing it then?
• Theo had said when she left that it would have to do with Leo, and he could feel it too, but what could Leo have done? Micah had made him understand that she loved Leo to the bone, so what could Leo have done to her that hurt so much she wanted to see the King just to be made an alpha, taking the risk of coming here by road. The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became; he was fighting the urge to go to her room and demand that she tell him. The one thing Shawn hates the most is not knowing; he has gotten used to knowing everything, and it hurts now not knowing what was happening in his mate’s life.