Scott.
“She is a threat to the wolf clan.” Sage’s voice echoed loudly in my mind the moment I saw her being bullied.
The words replayed with brutal clarity, sharp and unwavering, as I watched the scene unfold in front of me.
A threat.
That was what she was.
And if Sage was right, then it only made sense that she should suffer. It was only right. After all, if she truly endangered the clan, then the quicker her downfall came, the better it would be for all of us.
That was the logic, the duty and ghe rule I was supposed to follow.
And yet, something inside me resisted it.
Something I couldn’t name, couldn’t fully understand, but couldn’t ignore either. That same something made my body move before my thoughts could catch up. Before I could reconsider, before I could remind myself w
