Elara's POV
Nothing Orion said could surprise me anymore.
He might have been the most powerful Alpha in the room, but Celeste had him on a leash, and he didn't even seem to know it.
I was done expecting anything from him.
"Come near Mia with that woman again, and Gold Crown's Gammas will tear you apart."
Samuel didn't hesitate.
"Every Gamma in Gold Crown is with Elara," he said. "Hold him."
All ten of them moved at once.
The fury on their faces had nothing to do with rank or pack politics. They had seen what Orion had done, and none of them cared that he was an Alpha anymore.
Kellan reached him first.
He planted himself between Orion and Mia's bed, fists clenched at his sides.
"I don't need Alpha Samuel's permission," he said. "I already want you dead."
His eyes never left Orio
