“What are your orders, Luna?' " repeated the leader of the warriors. "We need to hurry. Every minute counts against us."
I couldn't delay my decision any longer, one that not only determined the fate of the prisoners but also our own.
Liam's words continued to echo in my consciousness.
'It is known among the packs that the option of being taken prisoner is reserved only for the Alphas, and sometimes the Betas. Only those who have the courage to be exchanged enjoy that privilege. The rest... well. They know it.'
These were the laws of the packs, perhaps millennia-old, and they must have been expecting me to honor and follow them, hence Mel's distant look.
She must have known them and, despite being a white wolf, she didn't have the rank to demand to be taken as a prisoner.
If I cho
