"I'm not talking about the gypsies," Addison said quietly, her eyes locking with her father's, laden with meaning. What she really meant was clear: this could all be connected to the ones who had tried to abduct her, the rogue attacks on the Midnight River Pack, and now the sudden locust swarm. It felt less like a coincidence and more like a pattern.
They had suspected it before, talked in circles about whether these events were random or part of a larger scheme. But with the new intel brought by Alpha Zion, suspicion was quickly turning into certainty.
If their enemies truly were orchestrating all of this, then they were under attack from every direction. Or worse, maybe it was a grand diversion. A way to pull their attention outward, toward the chaos on their borders, just to leave the Royal Capital exposed.
And if that were the case… was the throne their true target all along? Was that why they tried to take her?
