Elder Dwayne stared at the encrypted message from Juan, his weathered fingers gripping the device tighter than necessary. The attached footage made his blood run cold. Natalia's betrayal cut deeper than any blade could, and he knew the other elders would demand nothing less than the ultimate punishment.
The drug she had slipped to Chadwick was forbidden for good reason. Its very existence threatened the sacred bond between fated mates, something their kind held more precious than life itself. Only someone with intimate knowledge of their most guarded secrets could have known about it, and Elder Dwayne's suspicions pointed directly at her mate. Beta Dennis would never willingly share such dangerous information, which meant Natalia had found other ways to extract it from him.
