Scarlett (Second Edition)
It felt like a betrayal, yet the law left us no choice.
With a heavy heart, I carried Scarlett into the bathroom, needing to rid her of the lingering scent of him. The faintest hint of Gregory’s scent clung to her, but mine was still stronger, reassuring me, if only slightly. If he had truly slept with her, his scent would have been overpowering, unmistakable. But what if this was all a ploy? Gregory could have staged this to provoke us, to create a reason for his Alpha, the leader of the West, to attack. The thought gnawed at me—what if we were walking right into a trap, a setup meant to destroy everything we’d built?