JULIAN

The council members looked as though they were out to draw blood. It wasn’t our fault that Stephen tried to take our key, our sacrifice. Protecting her was the only way we had seen to end the curse, to stop ourselves from becoming the unstable and dangerous Alphas as the council had labeled us to be.

“The council will give a recession to members!” The clergy announced “The voting shall begin!” He added, which signaled for us to leave the chambers for the time being.

Elder ...