“You’ll never be more ready than you are now,” he added, folding his arms. “All you have to do is sign the deed to Grandbay’s pack house over to me. I’ll hire the attorney. I’ll arrange properties for your packmates. I’ll even lead the meeting letting them know about their induction into Dalesbloom. I only need your signature, then you won’t have the weight of Grandbay on your shoulders anymore.” It all sounded so simple, but it meant losing everything my family had built in Grandbay. Uprooting my pack and wedging them into the hierarchy of Dalesbloom would force them to fight among forty-four other wolves for dominance. It might make my life easier, but it would complicate things a dozen times over for my packmates; in the end, I didn’t even know if it would make their lives safer or wo

