ALEXANDERThe morning air was sharp, carrying the bite of dew and pine. Wolves ran drills in the yard before breakfast, bodies colliding with the thud of muscle against muscle was music to my ears. The only thing that seems to shut the voices down. My commands cut through the air like usual, though every word felt like it dragged through sandpaper.“Again,” I barked, watching two younger wolves circle each other. Their paws kicked dirt, claws flashing as they lunged. One went down too easy and the other too sloppy. “If you fight like that on the border, you’ll be dead before you draw your second breath. Reset.”I’ve noticed a decline in our training, which only made me feel better as I immersed myself back into that. We had some of the best warriors the world has ever seen. And these kids looked like rookies. What the fuck has been going on in the pack?The two young wolves scrambled back to position, panting, eyes lowered. Normally, drilling them into shape steadied me and gave me fo
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