Three visitors. One of them was a wolf king with a matebond to his wife. One was the Beta who had married said wolf king to his wife while the king was dead, something that the dragons weren't aware of. And one was a mage whose skill set included punching through continental wards with a sandwich. This was going to be fun.
The chamber doors opened.
Nicholas Shadowfell entered the chamber looking like a man who had caught the runes. The runes that had already vanished from Maddox and Kael were still on his skin, taking their goddamn time to fade. And they looked better on Nicholas than they had any right to. Maddox stared at them for one second longer than he should have and hated them immediately.
Damon, Brennan, and Ryker entered behind him.
Nicholas gave Maddox and Kael both a respectful nod. He knew the cost of this door opening and he wasn't going to repay it with anything less than civility, regardless of what the matebond was doing to his nervous system.
