Chapter 6
No one argued when I took off to the south. Instead, they fell in line behind me as easily as if I were their usual guide rather than an uninvited guest. And before we’d even reached the limits of the pack’s fenced sanctuary, the alpha’s son was running by my side, his shoulder bumping playfully against my own.
Well that’s a change of tune, I thought wryly. Still, I couldn’t blame the younger male for dropping his former aloofness as soon as Chief Greenbriar offered explicit approval of my presence. After all, the city’s leader was that rarest of alphas—a male like my father whose profound power meant he had no need to threaten or punish in order to make his pack obey.
By his actions, Chief Greenbriar had suggested I was more important to their pack than anyone had initially s
