Thea sneered, her scent sharp with disgust. "Nathan, how dare you possess the audacity to howl such lies?"
"You speak of hunting for her, of protecting the pack-unity? Do you think I would believe your treacherous nonsense? Ha! You are merely using our daughter as a pawn to secure my forgiveness, so I will no longer be a stumbling block in your hunt for power. You are so hypocritical it sickens my very soul."
She remembered the night their daughter’s fever burned like a forest fire, yet he refused to drive them to safety because he was scenting the trail of a date with Victoria. On the girl’s naming-day, he showed no interest in his own flesh and blood, yet he attended a grand celebration for a rival’s cub, gifting the child an exquisite, high-rank tribute.
The daughter had stumbled upo
