Pandora’s POV. I gasp, staggering backwards, as Atlas catches me before I fall. I look at Nathaniel in shock, my eyes wide, my mouth open. “Why would you do that? Why did you renounce your pack?” I ask him in disbelief. “Because even I can’t save them. Torvi has her claws hooked deep into my father. When the time comes, I know I can’t wipe that much blood from the pack. It needs to burn. It needs to be destroyed. With my parents and all those who Torvi has corrupted inside of it.” Nathaniel says as he pants and moves to his feet and he staggers slightly and Lilith takes hold of his arm to steady him. I move out of Atlas’s hold and step closer to Nathaniel and Pearl is nodding in my head like she understands why he did it. “You were the future of the pack. You could have still made the

