Ethan’s face tensed, but his voice was low. “I don’t doubt what happened. I just… I didn’t think she was capable of that.”
Felix’s eyes met Ethan’s.
“That’s your problem. You never see what’s right in front of you. You didn’t see what Sophia was worth until you destroyed her. And now you’re here trying to clean Maddy’s mess again?”
He took a step closer, aura pulsing with fury. “You should be grateful I haven’t declared this a blood feud. Because if it had been even an hour later when I found her…”
He didn’t finish.
He didn’t need to.
The tension thickened.
Casmir spoke again. “Then what would you have of us, Alpha Felix? You do not want war. We seek peace.”
Felix looked ready to unleash every ounce of his rage—until a sudden hush fell across the guards.
A voice called from down t
