Elena's POV When Hannah finished speaking, the room went dead silent. It was suffocating. Every noble she-wolf in the store bowed their heads in submission to Luna Hannah. I could feel the vibe shifting—the looks they were giving Naomi were now full of nothing but pure judgment and mockery. "I... I didn't frame her," Naomi stammered, trying to cling to her lie. Her pheromones were turning sour and pungent with shame. "You didn't?" Hannah ignored her, turning instead to the manager, Heidi, and the clerks who had backed up the lie. "You're blacklisted." She didn't just fire them. Being blacklisted meant they were banned from every business under the Blackthorn umbrella. In this city, that was a career death sentence. She turned to her assistant. "Every store has backup footage. Go

