Chapter 31 A Beast

• RAYNE
• My question hung heavily between Oleander and me, and he moved closer, his eyes never leaving mine while my heartbeat accelerated with each second. I was terrified of the answer. “No, Rayne. I didn’t. I did not kill your cousin, either; someone else must have. But none of us killed your mother,” he said, stepping forward again, and I took a step back, causing him to stop again.
• “The pack members were upset. They wanted to go to your house, but my father stopped them. He told them they could not condemn your entire family without first determining whether they were hunters. And I sent Kade, the other wolf you saw just now, to your house after we returned because I was afraid that some, like the one who attacked us just now, would hurt them, but your family had already left by the time he arrived,” he continued, and I believed him, despite my shock that he had been a beast all this time.