**Gaia's POV**

Lucien's eyes found me first.

For a split second, shock dominated his features—the disbelief of a man who had walked willingly into a trap. Then recognition set in, and his expression twisted into something ugly.

"Gaia, you bitch—"

The insult died on his lips as the others filed in behind me. Alpha Owen. Alpha Kenneth. Lysander. Luna Evangeline. Even Luna Rena, her face a mask of cold fury as she stared at the young man who had betrayed her ...