"IT WASN'T HER SON," Alpha Clark of the La Crosse Pack said. He had arrived late to the conference and glared at the camera. "Phillip is Tania's son, stolen from her at birth. Talia rescued her nephew just like she rescued Tania, while the Council refused to even investigate her kidnapping properly."

"This isn't the time to revisit the past, Alpha Clark, we have problems now," Chairman Wolfe said.

"It's never too late. I gave you the information you needed to get the warrants on Justin and Todd, because we wanted to do this properly and legally. Beta Mendez, how long ago did you Alpha flee?"

"About six hours ago,...