SAGE

I barely reacted when Claire scoffed and hauled herself to her feet, brushing imaginary dust from her clothes like she hadn’t just been pinned to the floor by my magic minutes ago.

“So that’s it?” she snapped. “We’re just going to let her go because of some sob story and a few shared memories? A stupid misunderstanding?”

Her lips curled, I was sure of it—it was a signature thing of hers. “She betrayed the pack. She deserves to die.”

I didn’t answer her. I didn’t even look at her.

My mind was still splintering around the truth I had just seen—truth that sat in my chest like a collapsing...