Tension and smoke filled the council chamber. With knife-sharp eyes, all of Blood Moon's elders had gathered. It felt like a gallows at the long oak table that used to be my father's political battlefield.

King, Alpha, and Target, I stood in front of them.

Elder Rowan struck the table with his palm. "Michael, you let this mess happen while you were in charge! Your people doubted you, Selene circulated false information, and the rogues betrayed one another!

Despite my tightened fists ...