Bound to the Alpha She Was Raised to Hate
"But sitting here doing nothing carries its own risk, one that already almost sent me across that border alone a few hours ago."
The room went quiet at that, the weight of it settling over everyone.
My phone buzzed on the table, and I grabbed it fast, seeing Nora's name lighting up the screen.
"Put her on speaker," Ronan said.
I did, and Nora's voice came through immediately, tense but steady, the same determined edge I heard from her the night she showed up at Ironhollow's gate with that first newspaper clipping.
"Odessa? Are you there?"
"I'm here," I said. "You're on speaker. Everyone's listening."