Chapter 144

Gloria sat tied up in the centre of the room with her hands shackled with reinforced silver cuffs and her dark robes torn and bloodied from our earlier battle. The usually smug and cruel gleam in her eyes had dimmed and it was replaced by a simmering hatred that sent chills through me. Even though we had captured her and brought her back to Derek’s pack, the tension hadn’t lifted. It was hard to believe that, with her imprisonment, the constant attacks from rogues and witches might finally stop. “You brought her back to the pack? What’s stoping you all from burning her alive?” Tobias asked as I led him to where we kept Gloria hostage. “We need answers and we need to unlink her from Gilly.” I replied. “Well, our people mustn’t know about this. Gloria’s defeated. That’s how it should be.” Tobias instructed and I nodded my head in agreement. I stood by Ardan’s side as both of us watched Zone pace back and forth like a predator waiting to strike. His anger was palpable and his wolf was jus