Lucas’ eyes widened. “Traitor?”
"She’s a traitor, Lucas! While you were standing here wasting your breath on her, the scouts found the truth. She didn't take a silver arrow hit, she was meeting with the rebels!" Elara said.
My heart stopped. "What? Elara, no…”
"Silence!" My father’s roar echoed off the high walls of the pack house.
He reached out and grabbed my hair, yanking my head back so I was forced to look at him. "We found marks, Rhea. We found the hidden messages near the border where you were 'attacked.' You staged the whole thing. You tried to have Caden killed so you could run back to the cowards who want to steal my position!"
"I didn't! Father, please, I was bleeding! I almost died!" I sobbed, clutching at his arm to stop the pain in my scalp. I looked at Lucas, pleading
