Lucian let out a sharp, dismissive scoff. To him, Adrian’s parting words were nothing more than a desperate excuse to keep him away from Selena.
The Stormrage Pack was built on the foundation of iron-fisted, regimental discipline—a sharp contrast to the Blackthorn Pack’s more "benevolent" and traditional approach. Under Alpha Brown’s rule, the Blackthorns had flourished through kindness and trade, whereas Stormrage functioned with the cold precision of a military machine. Every able-bodied male in Lucian’s territory was funneled through the recruit training camps.
From Lucian’s perspective, this incident had merely highlighted the cracks in the Blackthorn’s "gentle" management. The "First Pack" was riddled with vulnerabilities.
Still, he could see that Selena was exhausted.
With a flic
