Roman’s POV: 4 weeks later I sat in my office, muscles tense, waiting for Alpha Arnold—the new head of the Blue Claw Pack—to call with an update on the reconstruction of their shattered borders. It was the first of many relief calls I'd have to endure… I wasn't looking forward to any of them; I dreaded it... Last month's rogue attack had left chaos in its wake, and the situation has spiraled out of control: the kingdom is on the brink of war... from an unknown threat... Since I've been back in BlackCreek, six more devastating strikes have occurred—all the same: the Alphas are dead, their ranks decimated, with the pack members taken hostage. I wish I could say it stopped there, and everything got better, but it didn’t... These rogues do not spare even children or elders—innocent live

