Greg’s hand supporting his chin balled into a tight fist, and he kept picturing Lucianne in his head to restrain his growling animal that was trying to push itself forward.

Kelissa glanced at Greg before she showed her cousin a fake smile and said, “Let’s leave death aside for now. We were hoping that you’d have some kind of resources, your Grace. We could consider something less--”

Livia butted in again, “I don’t get why death should be left aside. The wolf is marked. The only way to get to your end goal now is to kill her. Do you need her alive for some reason?”

The Duke thought this...