“He’s sending you to die, Astra. He knows they’ll torture and kill you. And when they do, he’ll have his excuse to attack them.” Daciana’s voice breaks slightly. “He’s using your death as a pretense for war.”

The room spins around me. “But Harper—”

“They devised this plan right after you asked to be released from the pack,” Selene whispers from her position by the window. “They’re going to pretend that you are more powerful than Harper and send you.”

I stare at them, my mind reeling. “So, when Harper begged me to take her place...”

“She doesn’t know. She thought they really were going to send her. Evil bitch....