Elara's POV
Veronica stared at him, genuinely stunned.
"Turning on Orion is one thing. But turning on your own kind? You want me, the Alpha of White Moon's own sister, to apologize to some ordinary human?"
Celeste caught her arm. She'd finally realized Veronica had gone completely off the rails. They'd come tonight to win Victoria over. This was not the way to do it.
She murmured something I barely caught. Something about Orion arriving soon.
That only made Veronica angrier. "Celeste. You're not using me again, are you? You told me Samuel might bring Elara tonight. That's the only reason I came with you. And now you want to play the reasonable one?"
Celeste, aware of every eye still on them, scrambled to distance herself.
"I never wanted to embarrass the White Moon Pack. I never tol
