Jessica's POV. "They were members of the alpha council at the pack, and they were the ones who, over certain matters that the alpha entrusted to them, which gave them so much superiority that they felt like they could trample upon people even though they knew that it was the wrong thing to do. Even as the beta of the alpha chamber, I still did not have as much ground as they did because they were a collective team, and the alpha was more likely to believe whatever they said over mine." It was when he said this to me that I understood the helplessness he must have felt at that moment because even if he had gone to report such a matter to the alpha himself, the council might eventually turn it around on him, and it would seem like he was the villain when he was actually the one who needed

