Chapter 109
FAYE
Every elder, every council member shifted uneasily in their chairs. Alexander let the silence stretch for a heartbeat longer, then spoke again. “As much as this discussion is
important…your concerns, your arguments…I believe it is only fair that you all see something first. Before we go any further.”
My brows furrowed. I glanced at him, but he didn’t look at me. His eyes were locked on the council, sharp and unreadable. He gave the slightest nod to Cole, who was standing near the side of the chamber like a shadow waiting for command.
Cole moved immediately, pulling a small remote from his pocket. With a click, the screen at the far end of the room came to life, the projector humming as light washed over the wall. A moment later, images sharpened into a video.
At first, I thought it was nothing more than the forest–trees, a clearing lit by the moon. But
then I saw them as it zoomed in.
Gerald. And Maya.
My breath hitched.
The video wasn’t grainy or blurred. It was crystal clear, sharp enough that the firelight of the torches glowed on their faces. Even their voices carried cleanly, echoing through the chamber as though they were standing among us now.
“….nothing is really going on,” Maya’s voice rang out from the speakers. “They went out together today, that’s all.”
My stomach dropped. The video continued to role and I could barely process all the words coming out…but I grasped a few.
“Alexander is weak. Weak! An Alpha who doesn’t even deserve the title. How can he still stand by her side after everything. After what we put in motion? It wasn’t enough that he let her out of the dungeon and dragged his feet on the trial, now he lets her walk freely?”
Gerald really had Maya spying for him. Alexander was right after all.
“She’s supposed to be a prisoner. A traitor. An enemy inside the walls of that pack house. And yet… ” Gerald added in the video.
Gasps broke out around the table. I felt every eye shift toward me, then toward Gerald, then back again. My pulse raced, but my legs were rooted to the ground.
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