C19 The kidnap

ALPHA BRAN'S POV

Thorne's words cut deep, like a challenge to my authority. "Alpha, allowing people to do what they want to do is weakness, and if you want to allow them to have the land, that means weakness, and I have never known you to be weak," he spoke up, his tone laced with doubt.

I frowned immediately, feeling a surge of defensiveness. "You can say whatever you want to say