Chapter 396

ZADE

I was having coffee in my office, reviewing some relatively mundane pack administrative work, when I felt the portal activate. The dimensional gateway we'd established between territories had a distinctive energy signature whenever someone passed through—like a small ripple in reality that my supernatural senses could detect.

Two signatures this time. Xenois and Lumina, returning from their overnight stay at the cabin.

I checked my watch. Nearly ten in the morning. Good. They'd actually managed to sleep in for once instead of rushing back at dawn to handle pack business.

Progress.

I gave them about twenty minutes to settle back into their own territory before making my...