Chapter 12. Life of Lies

Ainsley

The heir is dead.

The Moonshadow pack’s alpha is dead. Their beta, too. Enforcers are all gone. All that are left are women and children.

He’s taken them as hostages.

We will forever be cursed by the moon goddess for these terrible crimes.

Line after line, I’m met with more horrifying truths. My heart breaks at each one.

These aren’t just heinous crimes; they’re downright inhumane.

No wonder Liam hated me the moment he laid eyes on me. He would’ve known I was a Lovett the second he saw me, all of those horrible memories rushing back to him all over again. Our matebond is the only thing that’s saved me this far from being killed myself, sparing me just long enough to keep his anger for my father at bay to get away.

My father, the man who raised me. The man who had groomed me to be his heir since birth. A mass murderer.

“Ainsley?” Tristan nudges me gently. “You… you went pale.”

I can