ERIC
The scent of betrayal had a distinct bitterness to it.
It clung to the air the moment Galen stepped back into Red Moon’s borders. I didn’t need a report to confirm it. I already knew. I had been watching him closely, too closely for his little secrets to stay hidden. He thought slipping out before dawn would buy him silence. He thought Shadowcrest’s shadows would swallow the truth.
But nothing escaped me. Not when my future rested on every move Mira made. And if her plans failed, my plans died with them.
I couldn’t allow that.
Galen was a thread unraveling a masterpiece, one I had been weaving behind everyone’s back for years. A spy, feeding Logan piece by piece.
The bastard didn’t even try to cover his tracks well. And maybe he thought I wouldn’t notice. After all, Mira was th
