chapter 16

Jace's POV

The courtyard remained in a stifling silence after the call with Alpha Diablo. Beta Ryan, the tension evident in his every step, cautiously approached my father. His question hung heavily in the air, "You know he's going to find out eventually. What are we going to do, Alpha?"

"Shut up, let me think," my father barked impatiently, his forehead beaded with sweat as the weight of the situation pressed down on us.

An agonizing hour passed in silence, the courtyard standing witness to the collective anxiety. Finally, my father spoke, his gaze distant as he contemplated the perilous path ahead. "I've met a lot of bloodthirsty people in my life, but none of them comes close to Diablo he's the worst of them all. He once suspected his mate to be cheating on him with a pack warrior, he didn't even bother to confirm if it was true or false he simply strangled them both to death with his bare hands. He would have killed that boy too, but he was his biological son, and since he was get