“What’s this about Isabelle?” Thomas asked, his tone gruff, wary.
River turned her gaze on him, unflinching. “It’s about the truth. The truth you have ignored for years because it was easier to dismiss me than confront her cruelty. Tonight she pushed me into the jaws of a wolf who would have defiled me. She used Damon as her weapon. And I will not let it be hidden. The pack deserves to know. She deserves to face them.”
Thomas’s face darkened, his silence stretching like a noose. But Heiko stepped forward then, his voice as cutting as a blade. “Your daughter nearly lost her integrity tonight because of Isabelle. Nearly lost our pup. And if you try to cover for her, if you try to protect her from consequence, then you stand on the wrong side of this war. And make no mistake—it is war when
