“What the hell are you doing here?” Ashleigh demanded.
“Aren’t you going to invite me in for a cup of tea?” Alice smiled.
Ashleigh did not reply.
“Kidding,” Alice sighed. “I doubt I will ever enjoy tea.”
“Who let you in here?” Ashleigh demanded.
‘Intruder.’
“In here, like the building or the more general sense of the entire territory?” Alice asked, still smiling.
‘She mocks you.’
Ashleigh growled.
“I have my ways,” Alice replied, her smile faltering just a little.
‘Trespasser!’
‘Invader!’
“Unbelievable,” Ashleigh scoffed. “You broke in? Again?!”
Alice took a deep breath and licked her lips.
“No,” she said, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a card. “I showed them this.”
Ashleigh did not hesitate to take it. It was an acknowledgment of her role in Winter as Axel’s mate, requesting that she be given safe passage by all Winter allies.
