Alder

The murderer of Evanthe.

rambling plot for future reference

alder and his siblings became aware of evanthe's aversion towards them and their father
evanthe was initially very kind to them, until she was reminded of the kin link between them due to ambrose being adopted by her daughter avalon
therefore making alder evanthe's great-grandson (by family relations and not by blood)
her entire attitude switched on them, becoming cold and fearful of alder and his siblings, which was really hard for alder to understand, especially targetted towards him and his siblings ondine and laney (not venn)
as a pup, he worked really hard to try and get evanthe to like him
but everything he did seemed to worsen her misgivings
after rescuing evanthe as an adolescent and receiving harsh words rather than thanks, alder realized that nothing he did mattered to her at all, and nothing he could do would change her feelings about him
and developed a harsh resentment towards her
but he bottled it up and stuck to avoiding her and laying low like two of his other siblings
but his rage began to boil over when he saw the way she treated venn compared to the way she treated the other three
and soon learned it was because of the prophecy
alder didn't care what happened to the pack, he just wanted to make sure that a horrible leader like evanthe wasn't leading it
so he poisoned her prey and hid the evidence, evidence that was discovered by olivier soon after her death
but he kept this hidden from everyone but lilou, who later told iyra once she became an herbalist
iyra
however, while alder did murder evanthe, and does have the red eyes of the prophecy, he isn't who it was talking about, that wolf is still yet to be born
meanwhile, alder goes about as normal, hiding the knowledge of his crime