Chapter 62

Cassian POV

Elvira didn’t do this.

I clenched my fists beneath the table as they read the charges aloud. Poisoning and Treason. Attempted assassination of Alpha Jaxon. Each word was more ridiculous than the last. My jaw twitched, my wolf pacing inside me, restless and angry.

Jaxon was still unconscious. Barely breathing. The poison had been slow, yet fast, meant to look like someone deliberately tried to kill him. And unfortunately for Elvira, she’d made that tea.

Celina had made sure everyone knew that. She told people again and again until the message was clear. No one in the room could say they did not hear it.

The moment I heard her name linked to the incident, something in me snapped. My chest went tight all at once. My thoughts stopped, and all I could feel was a sudden rush of