Aiden's POV

We buzzed the pack together in anticipation of our final conflict with the cops. Tension and anticipation crackled in the air as everyone zeroed in on their mission. We had discovered what they were planning, but we still needed to catch them before it was too late.

Elders and leaders from allied packs had rolled in all day, bolstering our ranks behind the scenes. Now it was a heavily defended fortress, where men and artists met to display their goods and negotiate. Once barricades were erected and watchtowers manned, patrols functioned with the synchronicity of cogs in a clockwork machine on alert for danger.

With our wolf pack,...