I held her gaze calmly.
A sharp silence followed.
Then she said:
“And you are not thinking clearly.”
My brow lifted slightly.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“It means,” she said sharply, “that you brought her here, and now you’re allowing her presence to affect your judgment.”
I already knew where this was going.
“You barely acknowledged Tanya after she spent two days waiting for you to return.”
There it was.
“I never asked Tanya to wait.”
“You never needed to,” she replied immediately. “Unlike you, she understands responsibility.”
My jaw tightened slightly.
“She understands alliance. Stability. Continuity. Things this pack actually needs.”
My jaw tightened further.
“I already made my position on Tanya clear.”
Her expression hardened further.
“And I made mine clear,” she
