“You’re starting to sound like Damian.”
The words slipped out before I could stop them. Elijah’s eyes narrowed, his grip tightening on the edge of the table in front of him.
The room fell into an uneasy silence, the tension between us suffocating, palpable. He turned slowly, his gaze piercing through me like a blade.
“What did you just say?”
I stood my ground, the pack’s eyes burning into my back. My heart pounded in my chest, but I didn’t look away. “You’re pushing us into a war we don’t need, Elijah. That’s exactly what Damian did. And look where it got him.”
His jaw clenched, the muscles in his neck tensing. “I’m nothing like Damian.”
“Then prove it,” I shot back, my voice shaking despite the fire building in my chest. “Because right now, all I see is another alpha obsessed with
