Chapter 50
Brian's Pov
Her name dropped into the room like a blade.
Raine.
The moment Hades said it, everything froze. The silence wasn’t quiet — it was thunder. My fists clenched so hard my claws pierced my palms, drawing blood I barely felt.
My heart stuttered, then crashed against my chest like a battering ram.
I didn’t look at my mother.
I didn’t glance at Rowan flanking me.
I couldn’t even look at him.
Hades.
He sat there — calm, smug, acting like he'd already won.
Give him Raine?
After everything I’ve done to keep her hidden? To protect her?
He dared to speak her name like she was some coin to trade?
I stood so fast my chair screeched across the stone floor. “No.”
The word tore from my throat like fire.
“I don’t care what you are or how many Lycans are out there wai
