Cold Comfort

Valerie’s POV

I could hardly believe that the Alpha King would take interest in my plight, not even as I reached down and flattened out the crumpled up piece of paper that Darius had thrown down onto the foot of my bed and saw the golden seal.

As Darius stormed from the room, Nyssa entered. I showed her the letter. When she read it, a measure of satisfaction crossed her fate.

“He found a way,” she