"Politics." I made a face. "I hate it, but apparently it's part of the job."
"You're getting better at it. Last year you would have just thrown them out."
"Last year I wasn't responsible for seventeen vulnerable students and a newborn daughter." I headed toward the nursery. "How are things at Clearwater?"
"Stable. We've adopted most of your reforms. The omega families are thriving." Diana's expression shifted. "But we're hearing rumors. Other traditional packs are getting nervous. They see what happened at Crescent Moon, how you defeated the Covenant, and exposed Apex Industries. You're becoming a symbol."
"A symbol of what?"
"Change. Progress. The possibility that the old ways don't have to be the only ways." She paused. "Sera, packs are splitting. Young wolves want reform, older wol
