CHAPTER 13: DECEPTION AND BAIT
“Beta… they aren’t the pack we were supposed to trade with, are they?”
The voice was low, edged with unease. The warrior’s tone held no accusation—just the heavy, hanging weight of suspicion. And fear.
Theodore paused mid-step, his back stiffening.
No, they weren’t.
They were never meant to be.
The Red Moon Pack was a lie—an illusion painted with forged smiles and sealed scrolls. The original plan, agreed upon behind closed doors with Noah and Jane Lockhart, was to hand Catleya over to a neutral pack under the guise of justice. Her name would be erased. She’d live out her life as a disgraced wolf branded a traitor—enslaved, silenced, forgotten.
But that was far too merciful.
Jane wanted ashes. Cassidy wanted certainty.
And Theodore? He wanted peace.
