Liam's POV
I stood at the door, my back pressed against the cold wall, my heart hammering harder than it should.
Guilt sat in my chest, bitter and choking. I had handed her that rope. I knew better, my gut told me better, yet I still obeyed. I still gave it to her.
Obedience over instinct, that was my mistake. And I almost lost her for it.
Killian’s wrath, I could already taste it before it came. The Alpha would never forgive me if she had gone through with it. Death would have been easier than what he would have done.
I could picture it already, stripped of duty, of name, of everything that tied me to this pack and made me wish I was dead. Maybe worse. Maybe something only Killian could come up with when pushed to his limits.
But I stayed anyway. Watching through that thin hole o
