Lancaster POV
As I was making my way back to our room, each of my steps felt heavier than the previous one. It had been less than fifteen minutes since I left Caitlyn to explain my secret plan to my ranked members, yet the guilt for simply thinking of betraying her trust was already eating me up from the inside. I had to constantly remind myself of the reason why I had decided to do this in the first place; I knew she would try to stop me. It was a reckless idea, born from my burning anger, my desire to obtain revenge. She would never agree with me.
“That’s bullshit,” Atlas argued at once, making me stop dead in my tracks. “Mate has always supported us. She will understand, and you know that. You’re just afraid she will see an ugly side of you.”
“She thinks I’m amazing. I can’t destroy
