Chapter 49 Countering The King

• *Shelby*
• I don’t want to be angry at my husband. I know his duties as the king’s Beta, but I do wish he could be more assertive at times. Killing a defenseless woman would be a good place to draw the line of loyalty, right? I shake the thoughts out of my head. It does make sense that he would want to pretend to be doing the job so that no one else is assigned to do it.
• I understand where he’s coming from, and I know how the king is. He is so manipulative, and I’m starting to think madness runs in their family line. Just look at his cousin, Emily.