SCARLETT'S POVFor years, I had imagined what it would feel like to stand in front of Elaine without Rowan, the council, or an entire pack watching us. Now that moment had finally arrived, and strangely, I felt calmer than I expected. I tightened my grip around the file and met her eyes.Elaine stepped from the darkness slowly, her clothes still carrying traces of her escape through the underground passage. She looked nothing like the woman who once stood beside Rowan with confidence. Her eyes were harder now, but beneath them, I noticed exhaustion and something dangerously close to desperation.“You always had everything handed to you,” Elaine accused bitterly, folding her arms as she stared at me. “Your family, your position, Rowan's loyalty, and eventually the crown. I spent my entire life watching you receive things I had to fight for.”I felt anger rise through me, but I refused to let her turn this into another conversation where I became responsible for her choices. “You didn't
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