Chapter 7

Matthew

"Is everything set? We're coming," Nicholas asked on the phone.

After a couple of visits to the human territory to coax Aria, he finally had a chance to bring her back here. Well, it was not voluntary. It just so happened that Aria exposed herself to the human villagers, and as her punishment, she was banished. Then, my brother came to the rescue.

"Yes, I have everything set."

The guilt within me still lingers deep in my heart. Aria was a friend, but I betrayed her by killing her parents. It was hate that drove me to commit such actions. Because I knew my brother couldn't do it.

"Good, we'll be there in an hour."

The call ended, and I went out to check everything. My brother wanted to have a huge feast, but for sure Aria wouldn't like it, so instead, we prepared an exclusive feast among officials only.

I've been so busy these past few weeks, traveling in and out of the pack, and connecting with our allies because there's a current threat to our pack, a possible war arising due