Chapter 57

Alpha Gideon POV

I walked out of the elders room and went straight to my study. My hands were clenched into tight fists by my sides, and my jaw hurt from how hard I’d been grinding my teeth. The echo of the elders’ verdict still rang in my ears like a bitter curse—“She will be stoned to death.” That image alone had turned my stomach.

But I had overruled it. I had stepped in, taken control, and cas