Anila's POV

I shook my head. "No need. I just didn't get enough sleep. I've been tired lately, and there's no vacation. How am I supposed to get through these days?"

"Come on; it's getting late." Garrett seemed deliberately indifferent to my words, striding forward with his long legs. I struggled to keep up.

I saw messengers from the Elders approaching the palace. The palace couldn't be without an Alpha for a day, and it certainly couldn't lack Elders for an extended period. Melbor was the Elder stationing in the palace and was temporarily replaced by elder Creo after he was injured in the last rebellion.

Creo was a woman...