Chapter 24: Alpha’s Defiance

Enzo’s

I sat at the head of the long table in the council chamber. The elders and council members stared at me as if I were already on trial.

The air was thick and heavy with their silence, and it pissed me off.

Ren stood directly behind me, his scarred face completely blank, not offering a word.

I tapped my fingers on the table. The sharp sound was loud in the quiet room.

I chuckled, a low and bitter sound. “What’s with the silence?” I said, ...