Chapter 48

Vernon

It was Melvin. I should have known. My own brother betrayed me. It all made sense now, why would Jayde attack our Pack at this moment, how would an outsider know about what was going on in my region?

When I looked at his face, I realized how much he had grown from the boy to the man he was today. He looked like me, we share the same father and mother, but he was so much different. I hadn't really seen him since I moved away from home, the last time he came to me, all my attention was on Shannon, I didn't realize he was almost as tall as I was.

Whenever I thought about him, I always thought of him when he was much younger. I knew about his little schemes, and I knew he had grown to hate me over the years. But I just never expected him to betray me like this...

"Why?" I asked him.

As if he was provoked, he sneered in anger.

"I hate you, I hate the way you act like nothing matters. I hate that now I am pressing a knife against your back and have my men surrounding you, yet you are