"The one who left because you were 'obsessed' with someone who'd never come back?"
The words were like a slap. "How did you?"
"Pack gossip travels fast. Even to hunters." She turned away from me. "Her timing is interesting."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, she's been gone for six months, and suddenly she comes back right when alphas start dying? Right when you need her support to maintain pack stability?" Aria shook her head. "Either she has the worst timing in the world, or the best."
What she said hit me like a physical blow. "You think Sophia is involved?"
"I think everyone's involved until proven otherwise. That's how you stay alive in this business."
She was right. I knew she was right. But the idea that Sophia, the woman I'd married to satisfy pack politics, might be connected to
