Chapter 20

Still, even knowing the rationale, he couldn't suppress the guilt catalyzing within him. Sofia deserved to know the truth about the circumstances leading to their fateful encounter in the night where he had seen her turn into a werewolf . About his true nature and abilities, rather than the feeble half-truths and evasions he had offered thus far.

"I trust you can still proceed objectively?" The question carried an undercurrent of threat that Mateo didn't miss. A flicker of that primal power stirred within him, tempting him to unleash it upon the man addressing him with such audacious condescension. But the disciplined warrior he had been molded to become quickly extinguished the fleeting impulse.

"My dedication to our cause remains absolute," Mateo stated tonelessly. "You have my word that I will see this operation through to its conclusion without further incident."

The man's expression gave no hint of the doubt or appr