When Sage returned, she braced herself for a fight. Caspian was sitting on the couch in his room, Felix was beside him. She took a breath, maybe he wouldn’t argue with her in front of him.

As she entered the room, they fell silent. Caspian’s face was hard to read as he turned to her, but it was his Beta who was the first to talk.

“Well?” Felix asked her. “Did you find what you were looking for?”

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