Alpha D had only wanted to shut down the digging before it uncovered everything he'd worked so hard to hide. He figured if he cut the conversation short, the truth would stay buried forever and nobody would ever dig it back up.
Instead, every fresh piece of information that came out seemed to stir something deep inside Ravyn, something that had been locked away for years.
For so long he had stood among the strongest Alphas alive, the kind of man whose word alone could settle arguments and whose presence demanded respect.
But the second Daisy got mixed up in anything, that sharp judgment of his always seemed to vanish into thin air. This time felt different though. Even Seraphine, who rarely let anything rattle her, found herself growing uneasy as the weight of what was unfolding settled over the room.
