Chapter 42

Amber’s PoV As soon as the guests had all been accounted for, we were ushered through to the performance hall in preparation for the talent show that had been arranged in honor of the prince’s birthday. ‘A little warning would have been nice,’ Rae hissed in annoyance as I made my way to my allocated seat. ‘To be fair to the Alpha King and his Luna, they arranged these celebrations earlier this year. If you think about it logically we were a late addition to the guest pool. We haven’t been mated to Ryan long, and it probably never occurred to them to ask us to participate at such short notice.’ I answered as I tried to appease Rae. She was still riled from the confrontation with Anna and uneasy that Ryan had disappeared off to discuss business matters with a few other Alpha’s. He had assured me that he wouldn’t be long and Lilly had been at my side, but for some reason, she had been seated at the far end of the hall. Sitting alone in my seat with no one else seated near me left me feeli