YELENA

I couldn’t believe my eyes.

I couldn’t believe what I just saw.

Everything felt too fast, too heavy… like my chest couldn’t hold it all.

I stood there, frozen, watching my dad hit him, watching Tristan stand there… and take it without fighting back, without stopping him... He just told him.

My dad’s face was twisted with anger, his wolf too close to the surface, his eyes dark, burning with something I knew too well... pain.

He never forgave Tristan, not after what ...