Marcus point of view

Power is won piece by piece, whispered into ears, and set as doubts rather than taken in one grand gesture. That was what I had told myself when, nodding and smiling politely to each passerby in town, the town of his pack, I knew that it was the beginning: holes in his structure of authority over Marcus what was needed, though never fully taking him down.

Standing amiably with three enforcers close to the training grounds, I said, "Alpha Marcus has done a lot for the pack." I spoke in a measured, amiable tone that was just hesitant enough to pique interest.

An older wolf named...