“This is incredible,” Violet whispered. She stared at the crowd wide-eyed, just as I did. It was amazing to see so many jumping to Cole’s defense. By the look of it, most of the pack was still on his side. The elders didn’t seem pleased… Well, three of them. Caleb looked ready to burst a blood vessel. He scowled at the crowd, with his fists clenched at his sides.
The other two, Anton and Victor, wore sour expressions too. I bet they didn’t expect their plot to disgrace the Alpha in front of the entire pack to take this turn. The elders called Simon and Jasper seemed pleased by the crowd’s reaction. Although, I could be mistaken.
“Enough!” Caleb shouted.
Victor stomped down the steps to stand by Caleb’s side. “It doesn’t matter what each of you thinks. Cole must stand trial for his actions. He lied to all of us—put us in danger to consort with a hunter.”
I almost rolled my eyes in frustration. Each time one of them referred to me as a hunter, it grated on my nerves. I’d been running from hunters who wanted me dead since day one, for goodness’ sake.
“Have you all forgotten that?” Victor asked. “He harbored our enemy, protected her. Mated with her!”
“He might have killed two of our own,” Anton added. “Sebastian and Micah never made it back. We haven’t heard from them since—”
“Since you sent them to kill my mate and me,” Cole roared, his eyes glowing amber. “And I wish I had killed them myself.”