Eleanor slowly turned back to them, her eyes thin. "Show me where the poppy flowers are."

Ruth swallowed hard, then shook her head. "I do not know."

"Of what use is it if you lose your lives after going on your knees?"

Ruth swallowed hard, tears running freely down her cheeks. "I truly do not know. Alpha Alexander never let me know anything. I was only the woman he was married to, nothing else. He could never forget you."

Eleanor shook her head. "I do not care. But it only shows me how foolish you are to try and protect a man who never valued you."

Ruth swallowed, her hands...