Elara's POV

The alarms would not stop.

No matter how much I prayed for it to stop so that I won't have to make this impossible decision.

Lucien pulled me from the tower window as guards burst through the door. They barely glanced at him before one spoke urgently.

"Your Highness the werewolves have breached the outer checkpoints. Queen Mother demands your presence on the battlements immediately."

"And the human?" Lucien kept himself between me and the guards.

"She comes too. Queen's ...