Cadeon

The way Lili is looking at me lets me know that I've fucked up.

Literally. Maybe even irreversibly.

"I know that you're upset," I claim. "But I want you to know that I never meant anything that happened—it was all a plan. A strategy."

"Strategy?" she questions, her voice hard.

I nod. "Golen and I planned it all. After he told me that there was an elaborate plan in place to overthrow the corrupt Alphas and put the Emberborns back into leadership positions, I knew that this was ...