Chapter 90 The Return Of Lady Scarlet

• The sound of chariot wheels echoed through the stone-paved courtyard, drawing the attention of every servant stationed along the castle walls. As the carriages rolled to a halt within the inner compound, all stood at attention, hands folded, heads bowed in disciplined silence.
• It had become custom, since the Luna’s ascension to her place beside the Alpha, to receive ladies of noble standing—kinswomen of powerful houses, widows of renown, or merchants of great fortune. But as the first carriage door opened and the lady within descended, a hush swept through the gathering.
• Lady Scarlet had returned.