Chapter 16: Escape Attempt
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Chapter 16
~Rhiannon’s POV~
After breakfast, I didn’t return to my room like Kael ordered.
I waited.
Waited by the corridor just long enough to hear the clicking of boots, the shuffle of uniforms, the raised voices of warriors being summoned to the outer gate.
From this point, I knew I had to either hide or use my room to view the chaos going on without drawing unwanted attention in my direction.
With that, I left the dining room and moved to my room. As soon as I was in, I made my way to the balcony outside my room, overlooking the front of the pack house.
From here, I watched two black cars roll in and servants scatter like ants to meet them.
Then I saw it—white banners hanging above the garden arches, strings of lanterns and silver cloth dancing in the wind.
"Someone’s birthday," I muttered. "Perfect."
It was the distraction I needed now that every part of the pack was focused outward, for once, not on me.