CHAPTER 79:

  I took a deep breath, clenching my crown. "Yeah...I'll be fine. I guess my brain is still trying to swallow the fact that Lucinda betrayed us all," I swallowed as if it could force my tears behind my eyes. "I just want to know, why? Why did she do it?"

  "Everyone needs closure on this," Louis said. "But in reality, there never is any closure because the person is dead already, and nothing can bring them back."

  "You have a point there." Everest murmured. "But at least you'll know why today at the execution."

  "And we'll all be there. Lucien's the one who's actually going to be...well...executing her," Cindy assured.

  "How does he feel about that? Has he executed anyone else before?"

  "A few. Not as many. He's gotten used to it; I suppose. One of the downsides of being Alpha King. You gotta do your own dirty work," Louis snarled. "He lives with that guilty conscience every day, knowing he hanged someone."