"I noticed that she stutters a great deal when she speaks. She was not like that before. Did you find out why?" Draven cut him off, his icy-green eyes sharp and calculating.
"As a result of not shifting into her wolf form, she has been bullied by the pack for the past three years. I believe that triggered the speech disorder and made her grow timid." Lucien continued his report with a frown, clicking his tongue.
The werewolves are truly the stupidest creatures to walk this earth, he muttered to himself.
Some of the things he uncovered, if the king were made aware, this whole pack might be burned to ash. So he left them unsaid. It was safer that way.
Lucien glanced at the king, who still sat upon the high seat, leisurely, as if the report did not concern him.
Yet he knew better.
Lucien was so engrossed in studying the king that he failed to notice how Xerian's hands had clenched into tight fists, until he heard his brother's voice behind him.
