I had anticipated pandemonium when we arrived at the Redwood Pack, the sort of pandemonium that typically accompanied word of missing Alpha Don and my disappearance. I pictured warriors stationed on highways, search parties put out in the forest, and my father's warriors frenziedly demanding explanations.
But none of that existed.
No one appeared to have any idea that we had been missing.
The Alpha of Redwood, Alpha Winkle, and his Luna Jestine greeted us with real surprise on their faces but not an ounce of fear. That was when it struck me: Jay must have been keeping my absence from my father. Why?
Conversely, what really stunned me was how Alpha Don Carter's vanishing act hadn't raised any eyebrows. He was the most powerful Alpha around, with the second strongest pack besides the Alp
