Lyra
The rogue glanced around nervously before leaning in closer, dropping his voice down to barely a whisper. “The Alpha never gave us a direct reason,” he said. “But he kept going on about ‘the traitor’ and ‘the one who betrayed us.’ He said you were a threat to the pack’s survival. That you needed to be dealt with.”
My eyes narrowed, my mind turning everything over quickly. “Did he say anything about Kaelen?”
The rogue nodded, his eyes jumping around the room again. “Yes — he brought up Kaelen’s name. Said you had humiliated him, brought shame down on the pack. Said you needed to pay for what you did.”
My grip on his arm tightened. “So that’s what this is,” I said, the bitterness coming through in my voice. “Revenge. He’s using the entire pack to settle a score because I had the ner
