Chapter 9: Blood and Betrayal
Nathaniel's POV
The guards pulled us apart before I could rip Kane's throat out. My wolf was howling for blood, for justice, for the right to protect what was mine.
"You're insane," I snarled, struggling against Harrison's hold. "You can't just steal someone's child!"
"I'm not stealing anything." Kane straightened his torn shirt, his composure already returning. "I'm saving a life. Something you clearly couldn't be bothered to do."
"I didn't know!" The admission tore from me. "I didn't know she was pregnant when I rejected her!"
The courtyard went silent. Even Ella looked shocked.
"What?" she whispered.
I turned to her, seeing the woman I'd destroyed, the mother of my child, and let the truth spill out. "You tried to tell me that night. Before the reje
