Elena’s POVStella went still the moment Elder Hayes held out his hand.

The small twitch under her eye was the only sign she understood how badly things had turned. Her gaze darted between him and Alpha Damien as she tried to think of an escape, but there wasn’t one.

She had thrown all her cards in my face just minutes ago. She had bragged about her precious collection of humiliation, my mother’s face in the dirt, and Matthews kneeling in shame.

Now she had to pay for it.

Elder Hayes ...