Chapter 118 - Wounding the Alpha's Pride

Looking out over the city below, Sonya stood on the balcony of the Arcanis palace. People were moving about the streets in the long shadows formed by the setting sun, oblivious to the shifting currents of power just below the surface. For months now, she had been the queen, her pregnancy developing, the kingdom prospering, at least outwardly. Sonya had discovered secrets inside the palace that changed her perception of the world and her place in it. Some of her ladies-in-waiting had initially appeared to be just like the others. These women had never been noticed, they had always been quiet, restrained, and obedient. However, as Sonya spent more time with them, she started to notice little details like how they murmured softly when no one else was present and the strange patterns she occasionally saw sketched in the air when they believed no one was watching. She ran into one of them one evening, Anwen, a woman whose eyes flashed with an ancient and sage knowledge, and Anwen did no