"Excuse me?" Kain blurted. Of everything his father had said since entering the cell, this shocked him the most. His mind reeled, struggling to piece it together none of it made sense.

"Yes." Falcon said simply. But he was lying again, having said what he said to rattle Kain.

And maybe because the actual truth was far more sinister. Falcon’s real plan was to manipulate Kain into confessing as the Mad Alpha so that the pack could sentence him to death. A new law had recently been passed—any prisoner who didn’t confess would remain locked away indefinitely, tortured until they broke.

But Falcon knew Kain would never break. And that...