Chapter 49

CLAUDIA. I didn’t mean to use my powers on Hyperion, but now he looks like a zombie as he talks to Achilles, who is completely oblivious of what is actually going on. I want to run away from here. I really do. But I’m rooted on my spot as though the very task that I just made Hyperion do is also binding me here against my will. The men in the room have all gone silent, the impact of the words too strong for them to even react to. I have to admit that I myself am stunned by this revelation. I had no idea that out of all the people Hyperion would approach with the problem, he chose Alpha Tristan. He continues to talk, the spell I put on him much too strong for him to resist. He just continues to stare at them blankly, the words pouring out of his mouth. “I didn’t know who else to trust,” he confesses. “You have always felt out of reach as the Alpha King. You never listened to me in the meetings, you never took me seriously. I’ve been having this problem for ages, and I have never ha