KINGSLEY POV
I knew I f*cked up the second the words left my mouth.
“Marguerite? The omega?”
Stupid. So f*cking stupid.
It wasn’t doubt, not really. I wasn’t calling Kat a liar—I was just caught off guard. That she-wolf always strutted around like she belonged in heat 24/7. I’d never thought of her as a schemer. A slut, yeah. Power-hungry? Absolutely. But smart enough to manipulate a phoenix’s identity and use it as leverage to gain favor from an alpha?
I hadn’t seen it coming.
But after hearing Kat’s voice break halfway through her story—after watching her face harden and soften and shatter—I was ready to rip Marguerite’s throat out myself.
Kat had been hunted. Hurt. Rejected. Her own Alpha had ordered her death just because she refused to be his little trophy. Her pack had shunned
