***MICHAEL POV***
The drive from Tacoma home to Hayfork took almost 10 hours. The whole time I was berating myself and having an argument with Phoenix.
"I shouldn't have gone on this trip," I told Phoenix. "I had a gut feeling that something was going to happen, and look where we are!"
"Michael, you left an extremely capable Beta wolf in charge of the interrogations. There is no way on Earth you could have foreseen something going this terribly wrong. We had no idea who in the world would be dirty and that Natalia would be the one who would turn on us. Beating yourself up isn't fair to you, so for the love of God, stop blaming yourself."
"I'm trying not to, Phoenix, but it's not working very well," I admitted. "But it's incredibly hard for me not to take responsib
