The Council’s Verdict

MIA’S POV

The night smelled like blood and smoke. I stood on the edge of the clearing, my arms wrapped tight around my middle, trying to hold myself together while the world tore itself apart.

Daniel and Marcus were fighting again. Not with words this time. Claws. Fangs. Snarls that shook the trees. Marcus had Elena. Everyone knew it now. The affair had exploded like a grenade, ripping through the fragile peace we’d been pretending to have. And I was the reason it all s