CHAPTER 14: SHATTERED TRUST

EMILIA'S POV The hallway was unusually quiet for this time of day, except for the faint murmurs and whispers coming from scattered groups of pack members. Something wasn’t right. As I walked past a few wolves, I noticed they weren’t talking to me like usual. Instead, they were hunched over their phones, their gazes darting between the screens and me. One of the younger pack members, a girl with face full of pretty freckles, glanced at me with wide, pitying eyes before quickly looking away. Others outright avoided my gaze, shuffling past as if I didn’t exist. But some—some stared at me with judgment painted all over their faces, their lips curling in disgust. “What’s going on?” I muttered to myself, my stomach knotting. I quickened my pace, desperate to escape the suffocating tension that seemed to follow me. Then, just as I rounded the corner, a man, one of Cameron's trainees stepped into my path. “Emilia,” he said, his tone cautious. It was enough to tell me something was going