"I know you have a lot of questions."
"QUESTIONS?"
Luca's thunderous voice came against her statement to the shock of us all. It seemed almost… no, it was completely out of character.
"You left us during the worst crisis we've ever faced. You lied to this pack about that rogue's condition and importance to you until the last minute. And now you return and expect us to just accept it?"
The common area was silent enough before, but it went deathly quiet. Every person's breathing hitched and stopped - including my own - as we saw the challenge being made.
Her Beta *never* did that. Not publicly. He was her enforcer. Supporting her absolutely in front of the pack.
He was a good man. Too good for me, he seemed to think - but also too good for her.
I know he was the one who always questioned her choices, privately. I'd walked in on more than one conversation like that in my time.
And yet… could there be limits? Is he thinking she looks too weak right now to resist?
