ELENA'S POV
The silence after those words was the loudest thing I'd ever heard.
Nobody moved. Nobody spoke. Even the wind outside seemed to pull back like it was waiting to see what happened next.
Then I laughed.
Not the kind of laugh that meant something was funny. The kind that came from somewhere past exhaustion and fear and two days of running for my life. The kind that said I had officially reached my limit.
"Belongs to you," I repeated. "My baby. Belongs to you."
Ryker's expression didn't change. "It's not personal. It's the law."
"Forget the treaty for one second," I snapped. "Viviana was about to tell us who ordered her death before your pack came crashing through the windows.”
"If the other packs arrive first, none of us will be alive long enough to hear it.”
"It's not la
