ALPHA CHRIS BAXTER How could I have been so stupid? Of course, she didn't hurt Marcus. I had been so blinded by my misery and fear that I had just stood by and watched as my beta attempted to defend her. That should have been me. When Council Member Perry confronted me about my actions, it stirred something in me. After that, all it had taken was one look into her eyes to know for sure. I couldn't explain why Marcus had said it was her, but there was no longer a single shred of doubt in my mind that he was wrong. Now, all I had to do was prove it. Well, that and stop them taking her away. I had a terrible feeling that for all their assurances, if she left the Moon River pack with them, then I would never see her again. I was still arguing for her to be kept there, Council member Perry at