Ella’s warnings trotted in his head long after she left his room, and the more Sam thought about them, the more sense it made. The alpha leaders had the most to gain in collaborating with the Mongrels, which would explain the collusion. However, he had nothing to prove his theory, and he didn’t want to start his rebellion with something abstract.
In that moment, it was totally clear to him that they were all lying to him. That they were hiding something from him, and that Ella was the only person telling him the truth. Remorse filled him as he berated himself for having mistrusted her. He should have at least given her the benefit of the doubt.
Would she have the heart to forgive him?
Enraged with himself, he started out to make a patrol around the pack and found, to his pleasant surpri
