Riannon wanted to smack him. She knew too well the kind of game her ex played right now. She also knew he was very good at it. He knew the right manipulative words to whisper or tell the other alphas to make them concerned and to make them doubt Gideon. After all, Brayden was one of them. Gideon wasn’t. This was his chance to get back into the game, and he wanted to use it. However, this situation they were in now was bigger than him and his need to bounce back. She couldn’t let him have his way this time. “To throw accusations like that, Alpha Brayden, you need hard proof,” she challenged firmly, “I suppose you have something to confirm your words. Otherwise, this is slander, and you will lose the last bits of respect that still remain.” Their eyes met, and Bray knew better than to con