CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT – LAURA REMAINS LOYAL

Logan bristled at the suggestion, his jaw clenching as he fought to maintain his composure in the face of Carter's thinly veiled accusations. "Laura has proven her loyalty time and again," he growled, his voice low and menacing. "She's risked everything for us, for our cause." But even as the words left his lips, a tiny seed of doubt took root, an insidious whisper that slithered through the cracks in his resolve. He knew, better than anyone, the lengths to which Carter would go to sow dissension and undermine their efforts. And with Sarah still held captive, a constant reminder of the stakes they were playing for, Logan couldn't help but wonder if the other man might not have a point. It was the Lunas, ever watchful and attuned to the subtlest shifts in the pack dynamics, who seized upon Carter's insinuations with the ruthless tenacity of sharks scenting blood in the water. Their disdain for Laura, which had once been little more than a simmering undercurrent of resentment, bloss