THE LUNA WHO CONQUERED DEATH
Chapter 24: Alpha Rising
The strategic challenge came next.
Council Member Torres presented the scenario: a neighboring pack had been decimated by a mysterious illness. Do you offer aid and risk infection, or close borders and protect your own?
"I offer aid," I said immediately. "But I send healers in protective gear, quarantine returning wolves for observation, and coordinate with other packs to pool resources. One pack's crisis is everyone's responsibility."
Vivian had chosen to close borders. Protect the pack at all costs.
Jackson had suggested using the crisis to claim the weakened pack's territory.
Robert Thorne hadn't gone yet.
"Candidate Thorne, your response?" Torres asked.
Robert smiled coldly. "I'll investigate whether the illness was natural
