: Secrets

led, runnin

under it, her hands reaching for whatever she could use as a weapon. The heat of

yself into the struggle, throwing the wolf off of her. Though it screa

rom the wolf struggling un

prung to her feet. We swiftly dealt with the

, I stood over Kai

etness off her face. I am alright. We

r and damp wood striking me even before I entered. With his back to us, Ezra stood by the window. Though his shape was

iet, I could hear the remorse in it, the

was frigid, slicing across the ai

hat had occurred could not be denied. His gaze darted to me and then back to Kailyn. "It's not what you think," he star

By turning against us? All along, you have

n. The Alpha Kings... they know it all. They understand what I have been safeguardin

understanding gradually dawning. A ga

stent. Ezra, what game? Why inc

en I knew they were after you. The Alpha Kings... they seek power. They und

ce grew stern and I could sense my wrath growing. But there was something more as

d answer. Footfalls too strong to ignore, the unmistakable soun

them here?

s grew wid

he space with a sense of danger so strong I could almost taste it, the a

ave time for this." Her motions were flowing as she g

moved in front of her to the

. Her eyes, piercing and resolute,

lf with dark hair and bright red eyes, the leader strode forward and fixe

, said, "You are too late." The plot of the Alpha

w light, I tightened my fists. Though we were outnumbered, there

of the rogue wolves pounced at me, claws raking across my shoul

I saw it, the enemy commander removing something fr

, his voice tinged with smug pleasure

was no longer only about us. It was about something f

voice cut through the din.

ood on the other side of the room, arms crossed tightly over her chest and eyes narrowing in

d with something I couldn't quite identify. "Ho

: the fact that I had kept secrets from her, just as she had

something? My voice was low

r eyes sparkling with perhaps fury or something else. Letd

h. This is not w

t when everything's coming apart, you can't just keep me in the dark. We

I had pushed her away. I had withheld information from her not out of distrust

murmured, my voice soundin

nt? From the reality? You believe I can't

rayal of everything we had achieved together, not only Ezra's t

said softly. Kailyn, I have always believed in y

me. Then why does it seem as though you are alwa

ttle, the rage, all of it mixed with something more profound. I could hear it in her words, see it in her eyes. She was fu

iet before I could answer. I took it out and

enquired, my

our own... it's not only the Alpha Kings. A traitor lurks

ckstabber? The remarks struck more

en with the fresh knowledge had the tension between

ing. Vincent, if we lose everything

ur sole concern the truth that had just broken out. Ezra's disappearance, hi

he very movement may loosen the truth. She grumbled under he

of the territory. It was all linked: the attacks, the betrayals, the wild

n to her. "I assumed we were handling rogue wol

pacing and faced me. Vincent, who else

a palm over my face. I have no idea. Still, I have

ck on the door. I need not speak. M

arked, "we discovered something." He placed

ened it fast. A report, thorough, exacting, detailing every action we had taken, every fight, every strategy.

r face reflected my own: perplexity, scepticism,

rnal turmoil, "We have to act quic