RYAN POV
'Let's visit her tomorrow,' my wolf had growled. And for once, I didn't fight him.
By the time the sky turned even darker, I was already moving. I dressed in plain, dark civilian clothes, I didn't bother putting on an Alpha regalia, or any recognisable jacket. I pulled a heavy black hood over my face and wrapped a scarf around the lower half, the same way I had done when leaving for the border. To the world, I would look like any weary traveller or low-ranking wolf passing through.
No one could know the acting principal, or rather, the former acting principal, was returning to the academy he had walked away from.
The journey felt longer than it should have. Every mile I crossed made my chest tighten in anticipation. Part of me knew this was reckless. The council stil
