Chapter 64
Draven’s POV
The hall was packed with people. The weight of their stares pressed against me like a suffocating wave. Every face in the crowd had the same expression—anticipation, judgment, doubt. My fingers tightened into fists at my sides as I stood near the platform, waiting for the voting to begin. My chest felt heavy, like a storm was building inside, restless and chaotic.
“This could be the end,” my wolf, Kael, growled in my head, his voice low and guttural. “Rivara is out for blood. You saw her last night.”
I didn’t respond to him. I couldn’t. My thoughts were a mess.
Rivara’s announcement last night still rang in my ears. Her voice, sharp and cutting, accusing me in front of the elders and claiming that I had deceived the pack. She called me unworthy of the Alpha tit
