Tessa's POV
"What are you doing here?"
When I hear the sheer coldness in Evander's voice as he looks at me, my heart feels like it's freezing over.
I want to explain, but just as I open my mouth, Carol appears behind Evander and shoots me a smug smile.
Carol.
I grit my teeth as I stare at her.
Of course she would set me up like this.
It makes sense–too much sense. I should have known better than to trust anything she'd rope me into, but the sense of urgency she'd created got the best of me, and I'd been swept up in her lie.
She used my own fear of disappointing Evander against me.
And it worked.
Doesn't she know I've already lost Evander?
Why is she still trying to sabotage me?
"Members of the Alpha Council, I'm terribly sorry for this interruption," Carol says, turni
