KADE I was way too angry at Damon to think straight. My wolf was pacing inside me, snarling and snapping at everything. The rain had stopped hours ago but I was still out there, running through the woods like some feral animal trying to outrun my own thoughts. Ronan was my beta. Mine…..Not Damon's. We didn't share pack responsibilities like that. Ghost Ash wasn't even our actual pack—it was something we were building from scratch, turning it into our territory. And yeah, maybe I was attracted to Ronan sexually, maybe we had history that went deeper than just alpha and beta, but that didn't give Damon the right to send him away without my consent. The accusation kept playing in my head. Damon's voice, cold and certain. "Ronan told Sloane to poison you. He wanted her gone." I didn't want

