All Chapters of He built an empire by blood, she's going to tear it down: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

The morning after the Christmas Ball, Mia sat in the quiet of her private study, parchment and pen scattered across the desk. She had spent the night observing, cataloging every detail—the wolves who had found their mates, the pack each one hailed from, and where their new bonds would place them. Lily’s bond with Malcom of the Orange Moon Pack, the pack to the West. Last year, Fox with Palo of the Red Fang Pack, the pack to the Southern Boarder. She noted the rankings, the species within each pack, and the subtle shifts in alliances. Although she had not yet confirmed it, she had a suspicion that Olie and Julio might be mates when she saw them together slipping away after the scene Raul caused yesterday. Julio, the young Alpha of the Sierra Mountain Pack, at their Eastern border.But in the quiet moments, her gaze flicked to the empty spaces where her sisters should have been. Her thoughts kept returning to Olie. Where had she gone? The ball had ended hours ago, and Olie was nowhere t