Eldric’s POV

“Your Majesty!” I heard people bow as they saw me, but I didn’t bother with anyone, my gaze was fixed on her lonely back.

How could they? I growled, and my wolf was equally agitated.

I had been away for just three days and they had already made her suffer. I didn’t know anything that had been happening in the palace, but an anonymous messenger had told me Lyanna had been implicated for using black magic.

How could a girl so innocent plot something like that? I thought, ...