POV: Gamma Rael Novak
I ducked as a chair flew over my head and smashed against the wall. The pack meeting room had turned into a battlefield.
"Traitor!" someone yelled from across the room. "Elias abandoned us!"
"He's still our Alpha!" I yelled back, jumping onto the table to be heard over the chaos. "Everyone, stop fighting!"
But nobody listened. Half the pack backed Elias, while the others had sided with his mother, Ingrid. Without Elias here to lead us, the Artemis Pack was falling apart.
A fist came flying at my face. I stopped it and pushed the attacker away, not wanting to hurt a packmate. These were my friends, my family. How had things gotten so bad?
"Enough!" The strong voice of Ingrid Devereaux cut through the noise as she entered the room. Everyone froze.
"This is what happens when we follow a weak Alpha," she said, her eyes cold as ice. "My son picked a murderer over his pack. Now look at us."
