(Colton’s POV)
I was dragged from the cells by two or three warriors, still hearing the painful screams of the woman I loved. I tried to fight, but I heard Nathaniel instruct them to drag me back to the pack house. I was thrown into the Alpha’s office as Nathaniel strode in, instructing various warriors to surround the house and be on guard. Louise was in the corner crying, her makeup streaming down her face. I glanced over, and she looked up at me. Despite all the hatred, all that I had done to her, I knew that at this moment, we were both mourning someone we loved. I saw that acknowledgement in her eyes.
Nathaniel sat at the desk and began to speak, but he was interrupted by the sound of a mournful howl, one so powerful it could be heard all the way from the cells to where we were now
