Chapter 173

Maya's POV I can’t let her get away with this. If she takes control, it’ll be the end of the Blackwood Pack. Kayla only cares about Kayla, she always has. She’ll drain the pack’s resources dry and leave them to collapse. And while I haven’t exactly been treated well here these last five years, I remember what life was like before Kayla became Luna. My father helped build this pack. He bled for it. I owe it to him and to every wolf here, not to let them fall apart because of her. If Blackwood fails, almost a thousand wolves become rogues. I won’t let that happen. In a blink, I was standing in front of Kayla. Her maniacal laughter died in her throat the moment she saw me appear. The shock on her face said everything. “If you had powers… why did you let yourself be locked in a cell?” she asked, stumbling back toward her parents. “You could have escaped at any time. I don’t understand.” She was scared. I enjoyed that. She hadn’t even realized I was the one who forced everyone to the ground