He struggled to process the weight of the revelation, the implications of the sinister future that lay before them. The war for the throne, once a distant concept, now loomed over him with an intensity he couldn't ignore. Had it always been this dire? This ruthless?
A question tugged at the edges of his consciousness, drawing him back to the tale of the evil duchess that Clyde had shared with him seemingly out of nowhere.
Why did Clyde choose that particular story?
And now, faced with the truth of the Alpha empire, Yves couldn't help but wonder if Clyde had been trying to warn him about the life they would face together.
Was he trying to convey that power struggles were inevitable, and that lives would be harvested and innocence would always be sacrificed in the pursuit of dominance?