I was in the middle of a strategy meeting with the council when the door burst open without notice. I didn’t have to turn to know who it was. The scent hit me first… floral, faintly like lavender, but panicked… It was the maid from the Blue Moon Pack. One of my men shoved her in, holding her by the arm, as if preventing her from escaping. I knew at once that something had gone wrong! She was talking rapidly, almost crying. "Please, I wasn’t going to run far; I just needed to breathe. Please, let me go. I didn’t steal anything, I swear." "Enough!" I snapped. My voice didn’t rise often, but when it did, it cut through the air like a blade. Everyone in the room fell silent. She did too. Of course! I looked at the guard. "What happened?" "Long live the alpha… the greatest there is; the greatest there will ever be," he bowed. “Speak!,” I commanded, in no mood to acknowledge the customary salutation. "I caught her trying to escape, my lord. Just at the border of the west wall. W
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