Ava's POV
Victor glanced at me, that unflinching gaze that could pin a wolf to the wall. “Would you have believed me?”
I lifted an eyebrow, but my wolf stayed tense in my chest. He had a point. After everything that had happened, I would have doubted him. With him, there was no telling what was the truth anymore.
We finished breakfast in silence. My wolf growled low when Victor drained his coffee and stood.
“When you go to your check up, drop Jasper off at school,” he said simply, as if it were the law of the pack.
I opened my mouth to protest. The hospital and school were not even on the same route, and my wound still throbbed. But he was already striding toward the door.
I was left with no other choice. I gritted my teeth, grabbed Jasper’s backpack, and tossed it at him. “Have you
