Chapter 52

Jaxon POV

I should have realized, even then, that the silence that had settled between us was not something that was ever going to remain undisturbed for very long.

Not when I’m back in this damn city after three exhausting months. The morning after the City Council meeting, I woke up to my phone vibrating off the nightstand. Not one message but hundreds.

I made a low growling sound that came from deep within my throat as I moved to sit upright in the bed where I was lying.

Sunlight broke through the blinds, and in the harsh light of day, I saw the headline screaming across my screen.

‘ALPHA JAXON CAUGHT WITH SECRET MISTRESS? RIVERSHADE’S LILA CLAIMS BETRAYAL!’

There were pictures. Grainy, zoomed-in shots of me and Elvira on the Pack Tower’s priva