Logan watched in utter disbelief as the rest of the Head Wolves stood up from the foyer chairs and stood behind Elias in support. He looked into all the faces of the men behind Elias—some of whom he had helped at one point or the other in their lives— and for the first time, the hope in his heart died. What was the use of trying to protect people who would turn on him the moment they heard a scandal?

Within two days that he had been away, Elias had managed to gather the majority of the Council to his side, to poison the hearts of the pack members against...