Chapter 44 A week ago, pack had been something foisted upon me. Despite Gunner’s best efforts, I’d flitted around the outside of his crew’s unity, uncertain how I felt about them folding Kira closer and closer into their midst. Now, though, I understood what it meant to literally stand between two brothers. The ties of blood and pack binding the duo together were palpable...and I could almost see that connection radiating out across all of the shifters currently joining us atop the hill. Because every shifter who could walk or limp was climbing up behind Edward now. There were far too many crumpled bodies left lying, but no one stayed to assist allies or enemies they picked their way past. Instead, as one being, werewolves were drawn to the heart of the pack’s power...and to the disagre

