LORELAI

I had never called a council meeting before. But I had no choice.

The humans that were hiding in the initiate wolves’ quarters were in danger if they were found before I could tell anyone.

They were not in good shape, bruised and beaten, used and abused thanks to my father and his men, who thought that it was the right way to treat the women and children of the village.

Vaughn excluded, of course. He had helped them make it to the gate, cradling a shivering Ryleigh protectively, calling in his favor that the wolves still owed him.

Luckily that fact had bought us some time, but we...