Elara
The air felt like it was filled with something that would make someone choke on their own breath. Alpha Ethan wanted to kill Ace. He wanted to take the title as the most powerful of the three Alphas.
I swallowed nothing in particular. Okay—maybe I was trying to swallow down tears and the lump that had formed in my throat because I didn't want to break down. Not here. Not because of a monster gifted with a calm and innocent face.
I gagged at the putrid smell of burning flesh. My burned flesh. I lowered my eyes to the inside of my wrist where the thick chain didn't cover and where he had burned me with the silver knife. A black, deep, circular hole rested there. I gagged at the sight of my own injury.
It started to sting and I felt my body start to tremble uncontrollably, sweat for
