"Your Highness?"

Conaan raised a brow from the petition he was reading, then sought Brandon's eyes.

"Did something happen?"

Brandon swallowed, moving a little closer. "The body of a wolf was found in the territory. It looked almost lifeless, and has lost all but little of his blood."

Conaan raised a brow. "So? Dump it back over the fence."

Brandon swallowed. "It is Alexander's younger brother."

Conaan turned to him, his eyes immediately thinning, his mind calculating. "Alexander's brother?"

Brandon nodded. "I do remember how much he defended Eleanor when they first came, and how he appeared to be rather sensible despite everything. We do not know why he has...