Ella felt a heavy feeling settling inside her chest, which refused to budge. A sense of premonition was her familiar companion as she settled in for the night next to Sam on the bed.
“Are you sure everything is fine?” she asked for the umpteenth time. “I’m having a really bad feeling about all this.” He’d been pretty tight-lipped about his meeting with the alpha leaders, and Ella was skeptical about the outcome.
A hand grasped hers, stroking her knuckles gently with the pad of his thumb. “You were the one to force me to see things under a new light. I am not sure I condemn what the alpha leaders did. They did what they had to do out of obligation and necessity. Needs must when the devil drives.”
Ella gasped audibly. “I can’t believe you’re saying this.”
“Plus, I read their minds and e
