“You’re struggling,” he said quietly. “I thought—”
“You thought what?” she interrupted sharply.
“That you could play the generous Alpha and pay for my brother’s care?”
Her eyes burned with hatred.
“You’re the reason he’s lying there in the first place. You and your sister are the most disgusting wolves I have ever known.”
His expression darkened instantly.
He stepped closer.
“And what about your brother?” Caleb shot back. “Your brother attacked my sister.”
A bitter laugh escaped him.
“And now he tries to take his own life? That only proves he’s guilty—”
The rest of his sentence never came.
Aria’s hand struck his cheek with a loud crack.
“The case is still before the Pack Council, Caleb Lutherford,” she said coldly.
“Until the elders deliver their judgment, you have no right to condemn him.”
Her voice hardened.
“I trust my brother. And you will watch him be declared innocent with your own eyes.”
Before he could react, Caleb grabbed her arm.
Aria immediately jerked away.
“Don’t touch me.”
She raised her hands as if his skin were something filthy.
“I cannot believe I ever loved you,” she said bitterly. “I cannot believe I once dreamed of spending my life beside someone like you.”