Elara's POVI stood there, my hands clenched at my sides, the ache in my chest deepening as every second ticked by in silence. The silence wasn’t just around me—it was in them too. Andrew. Michael. Lora. Even Greg, who normally couldn’t hold back a word if his life depended on it. They were frozen, their gazes darting between me and the council.And Rhea.Rhea, who stood with her arms folded and a smugness so thick it made my stomach turn. Mara, standing just behind her like a guard, like she belonged here. As if she hadn’t betrayed us all.“For the good of the pack,” Elder Tobias said slowly, as if the words physically pained him. His voice cracked with the weight of it. “We must consider what is best. Not for one. Not even for the Alpha. But for all.”“This isn’t what’s best,” Andrew growled beside me. I could feel the heat from his body, the way his fists trembled. “You know damn well she didn’t betray anyone.”Tobias didn’t meet his eyes.“Your judgement is compromised,” Rhea spok
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