Elsa
We didn’t have a second to spare. My emotions had flared and burned out, leaving me clear-headed and ready. I could feel the weight of what lay ahead, and I steeled myself as Adam and Lucas prepared Clifford for interrogation.
Lucas was determined to lead the charge, to press Clifford for every dark secret and hidden alliance he held onto before we ended his life. Clifford wouldn’t know his fate until we’d wrung him dry of every answer. We were desperate to bring an end to the pack wars, to the drug crisis tearing through our communities—an end that would ensure the survival of the werewolf race.
While Adam and Lucas went to confront Clifford, I went to check on my father and Alison. Adam had insisted I keep my distance from the grisly scene unfolding, and, for once, I didn’t argu
