Chapter 7

”;TELL ME IT’S A LIE!”; Caspian’s roar shook the chandelier, crystal shards raining like his own sanity. He seized Finley by the throat, claws piercing her skin. ”;SEND EVERY ENFORCER! I WANT ARIN’S SKIN ON THE DEN WALL!”; ”;And don’t reveal a word to my mom.” Finley whimpered, blood trickling from her neck. ”;The matriarch… she heard the news. She…”; A sob tore through her. ”;She howled herself to sleep, Alpha. Permanently.”; The words hit him like a silver bullet. He staggered back, tripping over the vase’s remains, Stephanie’s ribbon tangling around his claw. They dragged Arin by his torn beta colla. Caspian didn’t move from his throne of shattered porcelain—the remains of his children’s ”;vase”;—until the Arin’s blood dripped onto Stephanie’s ribbon at his feet. ”;Look at me,”; Caspian purred, voice soft as a death rattle .His claws clicked against the armrest, still stained with Arin’s blood . When Arin didn’t obey, he slammed a silver blade into the ma