Elana didn't flinch. She didn't blink.The silence stretched out, thick and suffocating, as she let their weak, pathetic lies hang in the air between them. She looked at her sons—two of the most feared and respected Alpha and Beta wolves on the continent—and saw right through the soot, the muscle, and the steel.She leaned forward slightly, resting her forearms on the gleaming mahogany desk."Now, listen to me," Elana said, her voice dropping into a quiet, dangerous register that sent an instinctual shiver down their spines. "Your father hid his true, twisted self from me for thirty years. He built an entire life out of shadows and lies right under my nose, and I will live with the shame of not seeing it for the rest of my days."She narrowed her silver eyes, the fierce, unyielding mother rising up to completely eclipse the former Luna."But that is one thing you have never been able to do, boys," Elana finished softly, her gaze piercing straight through their armor and down into thei
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