Jaxon's POV

Three days after the council meeting, we set out for Alpha Viktor’s estate. I had tried to talk Raven out of it one last time while she strapped a dagger to her thigh.

"You don't have to go," I'd murmured, standing behind her as she faced the mirror. "No one would fault you for it."

She'd pulled her tunic over the blade and turned to me. "He’s still my father. And I’m not a child anymore."

That was the end of it.

The journey was quiet with only the sound of horses and our own breathing. Rose rode ahead with Liam, but I could tell by how she...