Talen Bancroft’s POV
I knew there was something shady about the council's arrival from the moment they showed up. I had hoped that I was wrong, that I was just being overly cautious because I didn’t like them being so close to my mates. As it turns out, I should have paid more attention to my instincts.
When one of their assistants told us what they wanted to achieve here, it took all my strength not to follow them so I could rip their damn throats out. Unfortunately that might just give them exactly what they wanted.
If a group of council members was killed within our pack then the rest of them would have us arrested and put on trial for their murder. Then they would probably use our imprisonment to find some way of getting rid of us. They were nothing if not predictable.
“Why woul
