Chapter 29
Victor’s fingers on my pelt clenched like so many daggers into my stomach. But all I could think was: She?
The sole female member of the Acosta clan who knew I was a woelfin was Ruth. Ruth was also the one who’d argued for giving up Carly for the good of the larger pack.
Ruth had fought on behalf of the clan while her father was alpha. She’d supported Michael until it became clear the boy didn’t want to be pack leader. Was it such a stretch to think she might choose another puppet to rule through—one like Victor, allied with Carl—when her s*x forced actual leadership out of her grasp?
I could even sympathize with her...until I considered Luke’s reaction to being betrayed by his sister. Even without my pelt, I found myself baring my teeth.
But I’d been lost in thought for to
