Chapter 80
Nathan’s POV
ed on the genuine leather couch in my family’s living room,
o catch a few minutes of sleep. My head pounded with ation. The last few days had been a blur of rage and betrayal. I quely remembered Eric being with me several nights ago, but the details were foggy. What wasn’t foggy was his subsequent betrayal.
“Fucking traitor,” I muttered, pulling out my phone to check again. No new messages, no missed calls. Eric had been ignoring me for days now, choosing that pathetic excuse for a sister over our friendship.
The thought made my blood boil. Eric had been my best friend since childhood, my most loyal ally. We were supposed to lead the pack together–me as Alpha and him as my Beta. Without my influence, Eric would never have been positioned to become Beta. And this was how he repaid me? Throwing away years of friendship for what? Some second–rate female who couldn’t even accept her place in the pack?
My thoughts were interrupted when my father strode into the room, his face a mask of controlled anger.
“Sit up,” he
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I barely glanced up from my phone. “I’m comfortable like this.”
My father’s eyes flashed dangerously. “I said, sit up. Now.”
When I still didn’t move, I felt the unmistakable pressure of an Alpha
command through our pack connection. My body reacted before my
mind could resist, forcing me upright on the couch.
“What the hell?” I snarled, fighting against the compulsion.
My mother entered the room then, her face tight with
disappointment. She held a tablet in her hands, her knuckles white
from gripping it too hard.
“We need to talk about what you did,” my father said, his voice deadly
calm.
I rolled my eyes. “If this is about Julia again—”
“This is about Daniel Wright,” he interrupted, taking the tablet from my mother. He turned it to face me, displaying a security camera video. The footage clearly showed me shifting partially, attacking that
punk in the forest.
My stomach dropped, but I kept my expression neutral. “So what? He was interfering with pack business.”
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“Pack business?” My father’s voice rose slightly. “Eric and William
have provided us with everything. Blood samples from Daniel Wright.
Photos of his wounds. And this-” He tapped the screen, and I heard
my own voice admitting to the attack.
The recording was damning. I remembered the conversation now–I
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