Chapter 159: The Exile’s Judgment
(Connor’s POV)
I finished dealing with Rivers Pack business affairs and went straight to Shadow Den. The weight of pack leadership pressed on my shoulders, but nothing compared to the fury burning in my chest.
The underground detention chamber felt colder than usual. My footsteps echoed against the concrete walls as I descended into the basement.
Vanessa Reed sat bound in silver-laced restraints, her violet eyes immediately locking onto mine. The sight of her disheveled state should have stirred some sympathy, but all I felt was disgust.
“Connor!” she cried out, her voice breaking with desperate longing. “You came to see me!”
Her eyes burned with obsessive passion, the same twisted emotion that had driven her to betray everything. The familiar
