"YOUR CHOICES WILL BURN YOU"
KAEL POV
The hall was silent as the grave.
“What if I didn’t take it?” Elara’s voice cracked, thick with emotion. Her eyes bulged as she shot glossy glances around the room.
“What if… they framed me? Made a fool of me?” She broke on the last word.
Her juice soaked hair clung to her pale cheeks. The entire hall of wolves were statues; not a sound from anyone, not even the Alpha Elders who had been watching quietly until then.
I felt a tight ball in my chest. Something about her voice… The emotion, the pain, the rawness of being wronged so badly was clawing at my wolf.
Seraphine’s face twisted with displeasure. “Cut the act, Elara,” she drawled icily. “My necklace was found in your bag. What else are you going to claim?”
Elara tottered slightly as she b
