NOR

se, my heart was heavy,

d, I took a detour toward the riverside lawn whe

eeds of gossip, to let

a dozen pairs of eyes locked onto

like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Look, i

y. "Crazy? I was just taking bac

I saw the looks on some of the other she-wolves' faces s

r. A stark white bandage was wrapped around Braxton's

tred in his eyes was a

parties are present, let's clear the air r

lic mediation. This was

as lost her mind! She forged my signature and viciously at

owing it to the crowd. "Braxton Porter, do you dare, in front of the Mo

speechless. The f

debatable," he deflected, moving on.

trength. "Sisters, if your mate, for the sake of a human woman, demanded that y

, where the Pack came first, abandoning a wer

s what you're saying true? Did Braxto

, but his panicked denial only made him look m

axton, let's not talk about Bree. Right here, right now, in front of the Elder and

est bones. All the accusations, all the dram

e was on

to discard me, confirming all the rumors. If he said no, his ent

red. His fists were clenched s

o part with me? Or are you just afraid that if I leave, there wi

unt was the b

a tidal wave of shame and fury. "I AGREE! I a

said it. In fro

xpressions on the faces of the she-wolves around me-a mi

parties have publicly consented, then I, in my capacity as a Pack Elder, ac

me as if he could kill me with his eyes. He didn't realiz