KAIA'S POV.
Athena had barely turned away with the elders when Gareth’s voice sliced through the air.
“And where exactly do you think you’re going?”
His tone was so sharp and rude you would think he was talking to a child insisted of elders.
Elder Silas stopped mid-step and looked back at him. “I told you, my alpha, we need privacy to discuss this matter before we can say anything further.”
The explanation didn’t soften Gareth’s expression. His lips curled in a bitter half-smile. “What part of ‘you’re discussing here’ do any of you not understand? No one—” he jabbed a finger at them“—is taking this conversation behind my back. Not in times like these. Not in this era where I don’t even know who I can trust anymore. For all I know, you’re walking off to plot my downfall.”
"Why is he a
