There were no more steps coming from outside their door. Elara's chest hurt from her heart beating so hard.
She held Kira so tightly that the little girl started to fuss as she leaned her back against the wall of the nursery.
She said, "Shh," but her voice was shaking. Kael went to the window. His face turned white.
"There are a lot of them. Maybe even hundreds." "All Guardians?" Ronan asked as he looked over his tools.
"No." Kael's voice was grim. "Some of them are our own pack members."
Elara's blood turned to ice. "What?" Darian looked through the blinds.
"Marcus is with them. And Celeste." The deception hit like a physical blow. Their own Alpha.
The woman who had tried to destroy Elara before. "They're working together," Elara breathed.
A voice boomed from outside, magically amplified to reach every part of the house.
"Elara Blackwood! You have made a terrible mistake!" It was Marcus. His tone held the authority he'd used to command the pack for decades.
