I could feel it before I saw it.

The shift in the wind.

The silence that wasn’t quiet just held its breath. And the sense that someone close was about to fall apart in front of me.

They say betrayal is like a knife in the back.

But when the betrayer stands in front of you, smiling like nothing’s wrong?

That’s when the knife cuts deeper.

Beta Jonathan stood beside Alpha Ryan during the morning briefing like always, pretending to listen, pretending to care.

But now I know ...