Nolan POV
The council chamber of Moonstone was heavy with tension, the kind that clung to the walls and made the air harder to breathe. I stood at the head of the long table, arms crossed, jaw set.
Ellie sat beside Lance on one end of the table, and Alpha Alaric and Cassian sat at the other end. I had the full attention of everyone assembled. Not because of any respect or dominance, but because I was practically radiating anger.
I thought that I had a handle on my rage about this situation, but I was wrong. The relief of having Ellie by my side had merely overridden the rage I felt at Cassian for his deception.
Now, with him in front of me, the anger was impossible to ignore.
Lance was watching me warily, like he expected me to lash out at an second. His stance beside Ellie was pro
