Chapter 38: Shattered Allegiance

Elias sighed and shook his head. "You always were too impulsive, Vickson." He turned to me, keeping the gun raised. "Now, Hailey, be a good girl and come with me. Otherwise, I put another bullet in him."

My heart was racing. My head screamed Fight or Flight.

But as I looked down at Vickson, his face pale with pain and I knew I had only one choice.

I lifted my hands.

Elias grinned "Smart girl."

And just like that, my world shattered.

Vickson's POV

The air at night was thick with tension as everything was crashing down on me like an unstoppable force. I was at the edge of the pack's council chamber and my heart pounding against my ribs while clenching my fists. Hailey sat across me and her eyes raging with unspoken accusations as Emilia stood beside her, a silent storm ready to break.

Ava lay in silver chains, her face bloody but not yielding. She kept her chin up even then, and her lips formed a crooked smile.