Love is Hell; Mate is Heaven
Victor was the true insider who betrayed Zane's trust, setting up the financial collapse only to negate it with this public attack.
A familiar, blinding rage overwhelmed me. It was raw, primal. The shame of being beaten, of seeing Zane’s blood, of being used as a pawn—it all surged at once. The silver light returned to my eyes, burning away the pain. The warm beacon in my chest ignited, the same power that had healed Zane and thrown the rogues.
I didn't think. I acted.
I channeled the anger, focusing it on the immediate threats. Elder Parker and Elder Charlie, already moving to seize control, recoiled. They weren’t hit by a fist, but by a psychic wave. They stumbled backward, chairs clatteri