ARIA For a moment, I couldn’t move. Axel’s words echoed in my head like a secret I wasn’t supposed to hear. He had risked the pack’s reputation for me. He had gone against the council’s decision to keep everything quiet just to make sure I didn’t look like the villain after the fight with Mason. I am pretty sure there’s no way the news wouldn’t go viral because everyone there knows about the siblings' rivalry, but he had been the one covering that news with the current news. My chest felt tight, but I quickly masked it with a scoff. I didn’t want him to see how much that small act meant to me. “Let’s go,” I muttered, walking toward the door before Gwen could suffocate him with her arms. Inside, the mansion was warm, the faint smell of coffee filling the air. But the comfort didn’t l

