Denzel’s POV
The sitting council ruled that Jalisa’s lands would remain with me payment for her betrayal. She did not argue. Not once.
By the end of the hearing, she already knew she would not be returning to her father’s home. King Fabian could not even look at her. The disappointment in his eyes was absolute.
The weight of Jalisa’s confession followed me all the way back to the Blood Moon Pack. The journey was long. Silent. Suffocating. My thoughts spiraled without restraint.
How had they managed it?
Every time I had touched Jalisa every time I had shared a bed with her Tyrell would have felt it. Bonded wolves always did. So why hadn’t he said anything? Why hadn’t he stopped it?
I felt used. Played. Manipulated.
“I still can’t believe it,” Rayon said quietly beside me.
I didn’t a
