The challenge.

Isabella.

A chill went through me at the news.

Looking at the rest of them filled with shock and plenty of questions, there was nothing we could do but wonder.

How did they figure it out already? Was this part of their plan from the start?

I saw a mix of emotions, none of them positive on everyone's face. It was only a light squeeze that made me turn to him.

Leo's startlingly blue eyes couldn't cool down my tension, but it eased it a bit.

And for a moment, knowing everything else, I only let one thought reverberate through my mind.

Everything will be alright.

…..

Throughout the next few days, we had mobilized everybody possible.

They had announced to the pack and the council of elders everything that had taken place, never leaving a single detail out. The pack was in an uproar, yet in a discussion of our allies, they felt mixed emotions.

I looked around at the people around me. People who had once judged me in favor of the person who was now the biggest threat to the pack.

When I sp