I couldn’t help but laugh, a bitter sound that echoed off the walls. “You shouldn’t have made a promise you couldn’t keep,” I said, watching him closely. He shook his head, a tired look crossing his face.
“I don’t want to kill my friend, Elsa,” he said softly, almost as if he were pleading with me. “But I will if I have to.”
His words hung in the air, heavy with finality, but I wasn’t scared. Instead, I let out a dry laugh, leaning back in the chair as much as my restraints would allow. “I’d like to see you try,” I taunted, my voice sharp, and I saw a flicker of something dark in his eyes.
“Knight isn’t the same as before,” Lucas said with a grim smile. “None of our wolves are. Adam’s compulsion doesn’t work on us anymore.”
For a split second, fear flickered through me. Could it be tru
