Nolan POV
This was the last thing I wanted to be doing right now, but the race for alpha king would be starting soon, and I had no choice but to participate in the formalities that led to it.
The chamber of the kingdom elders was as solemn as it was suffocating. Ancient banners hung heavy on the stone walls, their faded crests reminding us all of the long lineage of wolves who had come before us. My eyes lingered on my family's crest before I forced them away.
That was not a line of thought I could follow right now without getting upset. I had to keep my cool now. I had to stay in control. That was something that used to come easily for me…
I adjusted the cuffs of my jacket, my gaze sweeping over the room. The elders sat in a semicircle of carved oak chairs at the front, their silver
