Ezra
Tonya wasn’t beside me, and everything in me misfired. Every voice outside the Council Hall sounded far away, as if I stood under water. Shade paced impatiently in my skull with a maddening rhythm. I tried to stand still, but couldn’t so I pressed the heels of my boots to the ground.
“Alpha,” Norton said quietly. “If the Elders press jurisdiction, we pivot to due cause. Zeke’s unlawful confinement, the bruising documented by our physician. If they argue territory, we—”
I watched his mouth move and heard none of it. My gaze kept cutting to the main door. Tonya was somewhere behind that door, too far from my reach. Shade growled, wanting me to free him. I clenched my fists until the knuckles cracked. If I freed him, he would bring c*****e.
A soft ripple of laughter came from the
