The mill property surveillance began the next morning, a careful, quiet operation that Marcus insisted on running with minimal personnel, given how badly they needed this lead to stay uncompromised by whatever channel had been leaking pack information for generations.
Callum went himself, along with Marcus and two trusted pack members, leaving Wren at the ridge house under Del's watch, a decision that had required more careful negotiation than Callum expected, Wren's insistence on being included tempered eventually by the practical reality that four people moving quietly through unfamiliar territory was already pushing the limits of discretion, and a fifth, less trained presence would only increase the risk of the whole operation being discovered.
"I'll be back before evening," he told h
