The alarm spread through the territory like wildfire.
Within seconds, wolves were moving in every direction. Some shifted mid-run, claws digging into the snow as they sprinted toward the eastern border.
Lila’s heart pounded as the chaos unfolded around her.
“This just keeps getting better,” Selene muttered.
Darian’s expression had gone completely cold.
“How far are they from the border?” he asked the scout.
“Already inside the outer territory,” the young wolf replied breathlessly.
Selene’s eyes widened.
“They moved fast.”
“Too fast,” Darian said.
Which meant only one thing.
“They knew where to strike,” he finished.
The elder from the Alpha Council stepped forward slowly.
“So the northern Alpha wasn’t bluffing.”
Lila frowned.
“What do you mean?”
“He promised a war,” the elde
