Chapter 145

SERAPHINA Jessica didn't answer, just cried into her hands, her body shaking with sobs. Part of me—the small part that still had empathy—felt sorry for her. A desperate single mother, manipulated by a powerful man with a hidden agenda. But the larger part—the part that had seen the doubt in my husband's eyes, that had felt the pain of betrayal—could not forgive. “Listen carefully, Jessica,” I said, my voice calm but deadly. “I'm going to give you two choices. Only two.” She looked at me through her tears, waiting. “The first choice,” I continued, walking slowly around the bench where she sat, "is you leave. Now. Today. You take Elara, pack your things, and leave this territory. You never contact Kaelos again. You never mention the Nightveil Pack again. You disappear from our lives completely.“ ”And the second option?“ she whispered. I stopped in front of her, bending down so we were eye level. ”The second option is that I expose this conspiracy in front of the entire werewolf community