MERRIN’S POV
I sat in the darkened corner of my room, legs stretched out, glass in hand, staring at nothing.
Nolan was in the dungeons, reflecting… or so I hoped.
Violet was supposed to be hanged today.
Zoey, her sister, dragged to the Arena to watch every second.
My orders were clear. My men would carry them out without question.
And yet…
I couldn’t stop thinking about Violet. My wolf, Jackie, growled in my mind, clawing at the edges of my control.
“Go. Stop them. Don’t let our mate die.”
No. I couldn’t. Never.
Violet had crossed every line.
She had cost me an eye.
She had tangled herself around Nolan, my best friend, my beta, like a thorned vine in front of me. Turned the man who fought battles side by side with me into my rival.
She has to pay.
But my heart refused to stay
