Damon’s POV
The pack hadn't fully dispersed after Selena's hearing when Victor rose from his seat near the front, his expression set in a way that told everyone something more was coming before he'd said a single word.
"There's something else this pack needs to hear," he said, his voice carrying clearly through the hall. "Something I should have said the moment I remembered it, instead of only telling Damon and Ethan in private."
The elder at the council table nodded for him to continue, and I watched Victor square his shoulders the way I imagined he must have squared them before every battle he'd ever fought, though nothing in his posture suggested this felt easier than combat.
"Twenty-two years ago, I escorted two prisoners along the northern border road," he said. "I was young, fol
