Lilith pov

The tension in the room thickened.

I frowned as everything spiraled further out of control.

So he really knew about the attack and didn't help?

Could it really be that he–

I shook my head.

There was no way Kael could have committed treason or sided with the rogues.

I knew him.

Kael could be many things, a cheater, an idiot, a people-pleaser but he wasn’t evil.

Even though he didn't love me, even though he cheated on me with his mate and turned out to be gay in the end, he had still been there for me when my father died. He couldn’t side with something so...