Kane’s POV
The door of the council chamber slammed behind me, the sound echoing through the stone halls like a final insult. My hands were still curled into fists, my nails digging into my palms hard enough to draw blood, but I didn’t loosen them.
Those old fools.
They sat in their chairs spitting judgments like they had lived through anything worth judging, not one of them had faced the red-eyed Alpha, not one of them had seen Ava standing there, trembling, trying to hold her body together while lightning tore through her and yet, they thought they could label her.
I had to force myself to breathe as I stepped into the hallway.
Zack and Lucas were waiting. My brothers always waited when it mattered, though their faces told me they already knew what the answer had been. Lucas leaned
