"Speak!" he growled at him.

"It's. It's.." He stammered, looking in Alina's direction.

"It's what?" Killan asked him. When he opened his mouth to speak, a loud, painful moan startled them.

"Alina!" Alpha Killan panicked, picking the passed-out Alina from the ground. "Guards, lock Beta Haris in the cells; I'll question him later." He demanded, ignoring his statement that Alina was faking passing out because she knew he was going to mention her involvement in the theft. In their room, Alpha Killan asked the doctor to come in, whom he instructed to be living at the palace because of Alina's weak condition. When he was done checking her, he assured...