Chapter 13: A Battle of Wits
{Serena’s P.O.V}
Cassius’s dramatic display had worked perfectly.
By publicly reprimanding Gabriel and demanding the necklace, he had redirected the pack’s anger and subtly restored some sympathy for his son. Gabriel had already been at the lowest point of his reputation, his arrogance and misconduct having eroded the trust and respect of the pack. But Cassius’s over-the-top reaction shifted the perception.
The pack members, moved by Cassius’s humility and recalling his past heroics, began to see Gabriel's mistakes as not entirely irredeemable. The stark contrast between Gabriel’s initial disgrace and Cassius’s authoritative intervention highlighted the complexity of the situation. Cassius’s public acknowledgment of his own failures and the emotional appe
