Chapter 31KADEThe first crack came on a Monday.I gave the order at dawn, the same way I had every morning for six years. Four patrols. North, south, east, west. Six wolves each. I read the names out in the training yard, and the warriors went to their posts.Except they didn't.By noon, Tobias came running into my study, out of breath."The north patrol never went out," he said. "Brand kept them in the barracks. He said the north border is safe and they don't need to walk it just because you say so."I put down my pen. "Brand said that?""Yes, Alpha." Tobias looked at his boots. "And the others agreed with him."I went down to the barracks myself. Brand was sitting at a table with five other warriors, playing dice. They didn't stand when I walked in. In my father's day, every wolf in the room would have been on their feet before the door finished opening."The north border," I said.Brand rolled his dice. He didn't look up. "
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