Chapter 92

• DAMON
• The moment my private jet touched down on Adonis soil, I couldn’t shake the disquiet that lingered in the fresh air that had always kept me sane. AJ, my bodyguard, led me to a waiting luxury car, but my thoughts were consumed by the approaching confrontation with my mother and the unsettling prospect of Enid’s unborn child.
• As AJ drove me to the palace, I wrestled with how to approach my mother and the woman standing beside her, Enid, with her baby bump subtly revealing itself. My lycanthropic instincts, guided by my keen eyesight, failed to sense any connection to the child within Enid. Panic clawed at me, hidden behind a stoic exterior. Was it the absence of Iris or the possibility that the child wasn’t mine?