Chapter 51:Scarlett’s Making a Fortune

(Nathan's POV) As we left Scarlett's healing center, the weight of what had just transpired hung heavy between Sophie and me. The tension in the air was sharp enough to cut, made worse by the lingering humiliation stamped across Sophie's face. She walked a step behind me, her shoulders stiff with rebellion she didn't dare voice aloud in the moment. Her failure to understand the gravity of her actions grated on me. Every word, every faux apology she'd stammered inside that center had dug the Blake Pack deeper into a hole we might not crawl out of. I glanced at her sharply, needing to shatter the stubborn pride I sensed simmering in her. "What were you thinking back there, Sophie?" My voice came razor-sharp, low, and vibrating with barely concealed anger. She flinched but regained her composure quickly, tossing her platinum hair over her shoulder. "I was telling the truth during that council meeting. Scarlett doesn't belong in our circles. Her arrogance—" Her words sparked my temper