For a moment, I felt my heart thudding in my chest, and I couldn’t speak.

“What?” I asked, sure that I misheard her. “But we were just attacked here last night. Why is Varon sending all of these away?”

But Lily had no answer for me, she just shrugged. And I set forth with a new determination to the Alpha Hall. Once I reached there, I found the place mostly empty, but Varon was at the table at the back.

“Can I speak ...