While Cal had sent James, Ethan, and Ace to go check things out in the woods, he directed his elite fighters—those he hand-selected before—to patrol the borders throughout the evening. Though reluctant at first, he finally agreed with Kai when she asked Crispin and his sons to help out. He may have had some hard feelings toward Crispin, and would wait patiently for the moment to teach him to never touch Kai again.
When Kai sent Crispin and his sons off, he was surprised at their head bowing. Not toward Kai, but toward Callum as well. Then there was the “Alphas” to follow.
Kai was openly struggling with the term “queen” and hated the backward notion of it all, but she was open to Alpha.
As the evening went on, Alex checked in before saying he was going to keep an eye on Nora, wh
