I stared at him, genuinely baffled by his twisted logic. His hatred had warped his perception of reality so completely that he was seeing threats that didn't exist.
Then I laughed.
The sound echoed through tperverty corridor, sharp and mocking.
"You want to talk about bringing shame to this family?" I shook my head in disbelief. "You? The man who abandoned his bride at the altar in front of three hundred guests? Who ran away with a rogue woman of questionable background? Who was publicly whipped for threatening the Luna?"
Caleb's face reddened with fury.
"That was different."
"How? How was it different?" I stepped forward, refusing to be cowed by his posturing. "You humiliated this pack in front of the entire territory. You caused a diplomatic incident with Ashvale. You forced your f
