Silas pov
I found Elara in the tower corridor after the great hall dispersed.
She was carrying supplies, her dark hair fell loose around her shoulders. The moment she saw me, she changed directions and pulled me into a small room away from the main corridors.
“That wasent right”, she said immediately. “Greta confessed, but something was wrong . Did you see…”.
“I saw,” I said.
I’d spent years reading people. Reading situations. Reading the unspoken layers beneath surface events. And yes, I’d seen it. “Vespera orchestrated Greta taking the fall. She’s still out there. Still plotting.”
Elara’s hand came up and gripped my tunic.
“The Alpha thinks it’s finished,” she said. “He’s satisfied. He’s claimed Vivian publicly. He believes the conspiracy was small and personal. He won’t be looki
