"The Moon-Touched healer belongs to the Alliance's protected sequence."
The Inspector stepped in front of me, his posture rigid. "Alpha of the Silver Pine Pack, you cannot forcibly detain an Alliance Medical Inspector."
Arthur chuckled. A dark, hollow sound that scraped against my nerves. "Why would I detain her? Winnie is a member of the Silver Pine Pack. Her abilities should serve her pack."
I stared at him. "Serve the Silver Pine Pack? Or serve you?"
He closed the distance between us, his imposing frame casting a shadow over me. "Don't forget you were born here, Winnie. This pack raised you. It gave you your name, your territory, your protection. Now that the pack needs you to repair severed bonds, you're just going to leave with the Alliance?"
The hypocrisy of his words made my st
