LAILA’S POVThe moment Alex said Silas’s name, something inside me twisted—tight, sharp, like a wire pulled to the point of snapping. My chest burned with the need to move, to act. I couldn’t stand still. I couldn’t breathe.Alex’s face was a mess of bruises, his lip split, dried blood smeared across his jaw like war paint. His voice was rough, scraped raw from shouting, from pleading. "It had to be him, Laila."His fingers flexed at his sides, restless, angry. "While I was training the pups, I saw Silas near my stuff. I didn’t think anything of it then, but now—" His throat worked, his next words coming out in a growl. "He planted that letter. He wanted Jackson to find it."My breath hitched, trapped somewhere between my ribs and my throat. The air smelled of sweat and iron, of fury and betrayal.Are you sure? The words left me in a whisper, fragile as glass.Alex’s nod was slow, deliberate. His golden eyes burned with certainty. "As sure as I can be without seeing him do it."That w
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