Being slammed against the hard walls of my estate again felt familiar in a way—but it was the pain in my heart that made it all the worse.
Our secrets were out in the open.
And the terror of having to submit our mate to the consequences of our failures was no longer a threat—it was reality.
I knew we weren’t going to get out of this alive.
But still—I fought alongside my brothers to fix this.
Selene didn’t deserve this from us. And I knew—we all knew—we had destroyed everything so completely, the only way forward was through the ruin we’d caused.
The moment our mothers left—after telling us what disappointments we were… after reminding us our illegitimate pups would now determine our fate… after gifting Selene that necklace, telling her that “after the storm comes the calm”—I felt li
