Asher started pacing, his movements jerky and agitated. The words came faster now, tumbling over each other in a frantic stream.
"I gave you everything. The bond, my name, protection. A home. Status. And you threw it away for him." He spun to face me, his eyes wild. "For that… that bleeding heart alpha who thinks he can change the world. Who thinks he's better than the rest of us because he lets rogues and rejects into his precious pack."
I carefully pushed myself up from the bed, my legs shaky from the lingering effects of the wolfsbane. The room tilted slightly, but I forced myself to stay upright. I needed to be ready. Needed to find something, anything that could be a weapon.
There was a lamp on the small table. A chair I might be able to swing. The plate he'd brought, though the ce
