---- mistake." "We should have defended you," Gamma Johnson added. "We should have told you the truth," a senior warrior said. I looked at these familiar faces, feeling only cold amusement. "So," I said calmly, "you all knew Ethan was lying?" Silence from the crowd. "You all knew I was deceived, humiliated, and treated unfairly?" Even deeper silence. "But now, when you need my help, you've suddenly found your conscience?" No one dared to look me in the eye. ---- I saw them all for who they really were. Facing their guilty yet hopeful eyes, I knew what they were expecting. They expected me to choose forgiveness, to choose sacrifice, to put the pack's needs before my own dignity, just like before. But this time, they were dead wrong.