The pack house did not sleep that night.Torches burned along every corridor, warriors standing guard at every entrance. The explosion had shaken the entire territory, but the discovery of the dead prisoner had done something worse.It had planted fear.Because now everyone knew the truth.The enemy was not only outside the walls.He was inside them.In the council chamber, Kael stood at the center of the room while Rowan and the senior warriors gathered around the long stone table.“No one leaves the territory,” Kael said firmly.One of the elders frowned. “Alpha, if the traitor is among us, sealing the territory may trap the enemy but it also traps us.”“That’s the point,” Rowan replied.The elder went quiet.Kael leaned forward slightly, his hands resting on the table.“The prisoner didn’t kill himself.”“Obviously,” Rowan muttered.Kael’s gaze sharpened.“That means someone had access to the cells.”Rowan nodded.“The guards swore no one passed them.”“Then the killer didn’t come
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