WILLIAM'S POV
Having the opportunity to stand before the elders and defend Miranda felt like vindication in some way, for her and me. It felt like vindication for all the suspicions that were surrounding us concerning Tomas's death, even if no one would come out and say It right in our faces we both knew that the pack thought that we were responsible for what had happened to Tomas.
Miranda and I had been through so much in the past few months and what had begun as me trying to help my father rein in Tomas ended up as a war between two brothers for one woman. The difference between me and Tomas was the fact that Tomas didn't love Miranda but in my opinion, he instead felt obligated to tolerate her because of the conditions that father had put in place. I loved Miranda from the very first
