Leila popped two-thirds of her head out from behind me, muttering under her breath, "Whoa, holy cow. Your daughter's wolf spirit is off the charts strong."
Leila was a wolf spirit herself, so she could sense the rank and strength of other wolf spirits way more accurately than I could.
Wester caught wind of all the quiet chatter and looked absolutely thrilled. He stroked his beard and said, "It's been a whole century! Our wolf clan hasn't had a powerhouse who awakened their wolf spirit this young in all that time. Per Alliance law, anyone who awakens their wolf spirit before the age of ten gets special protection from the Alliance."
Forget pulling a stunt like Kane did and actually hurting Lia—even so much as insulting or verbally abusing her would land someone straight in jail.
The wol
