[Camilla]
Kain moved before I could process what was happening.
He stepped directly between my father and me, physically inserting himself into the line of fire. His hand came up in a warding gesture, his voice carefully neutral but firm.
“Alpha Nicolo, please,” he said. “Let’s think about this for a moment.”
Both Luna and Nicolo looked equally stunned by this development.
“You’re defending her?” Father’s voice was sharp with disbelief. His grip on my hair loosened slightly as his attention shifted to his beta. “You, the one who ended up in this mess specifically because of Camilla’s manipulations. You’re now standing between me and disciplining her?”
Kain’s shoulders tensed, but he held his ground. “I’m not defending what she did. I’m just… suggesting that perhaps we should consider
