"You knew for a whole week," Kaelia spits venomously at Anthony, "an entire goddamn week that I was being lied to—and you kept that from me?" The words hang heavy in the charged silence between them. Her face twists with fury and betrayal as Anthony lays bare the horrific truth: how my mother and Emmett came crawling to his pack, weaving their tangled web of deceit, begging Kaelia for aid to snatch Brittany away from me.

It’s revolting—how far my mother and Emmett stooped ...