Sabrina’s POV
I leaned against the chipped counter of my hostel kitchen, my phone lit up time and time again. Julian’s message shone up from the screen, Put a fake file in Elara’s dorm — something that links her to the Crimson Fang, a competing pack. Make it seem like she’s betraying Vellex's secrets. Damien will flip and she’ll be out of our way.
My thumb hovered over the message, and my stomach twisted in knots. It was jealousy that had brought me so far and getting her accused of treason felt like something I couldn’t take back. If it failed, it would be me who would get burned.
I threw the phone on the counter and paced the narrow room, my heels clicking against the wood. The hostel was silent, save for most of the other students, who had gone out for the night and left me alone with my thoughts. Then Elara’s face popped into my mind. I hated her for it, for upstaging me for the first time in my life. I was Caspian’s sister, the child of the acting Alpha of the Vellex Pack, I was
