ELLEN
The world around me felt like it was spinning out of control. My steps were quick but unsteady, my legs trembling beneath me as though they might give out at any moment. The crowd’s whispers and gasps still echoed in my ears, each word Kyle had spoken hammering into me like nails.
A witness. Kyle had said there was a witness. Someone who could point the finger and unravel everything.
The air felt suffocating as I hurried away from the gathering, weaving my way through the dispersing pack members. My chest tightened with every step, panic clawing at my insides. My heart pounded and my breaths came in short, shallow gasps.
This couldn't be happening to me.
I couldn’t stop replaying Kyle’s face in my mind—his sharp, unforgiving gaze as he addressed the crowd. There had been no he
