"We're offering to finally be what we should have been from the beginning," I corrected. "Her protectors. Her supporters. Her mates, if she'll have us. And if not, then just... allies trying to make amends."
"Maya will never accept this," Elena warned. "She's too far gone. Too angry. Too broken."
"Then we do it anyway," I said firmly. "We feed you information. We sabotage Seraphina's plans. We protect Maya's people even if she never knows it's us. Because that's what you do when you love someone. You help them even when they hate you for it."
The room was quiet. I could see them processing, debating, deciding whether to trust me.
Finally, Elena spoke. "If we agree to this alliance, there are conditions."
"Name them."
"First, you and your brothers publicly acknowledge what you did to
