The following day, whispers spread through the pack like wildfire. Kane had been spotted meeting with a cloaked figure at the edge of the woods, the details were murky, but the implications were clear. He was suspected to be one of Vesper’s spies. Elena’s warriors captured a supposed accomplice of his at the edge of the border minutes after they were spotted together and he was dragged to the pack dungeons where he would be tortured to death. Meanwhile, Elena ordered Kane’s arrest. He was to be brought before the council and questioned. Nia had been asleep in the suite she shared with Leah when the commotion from Kane and Torak’s suite woke her up with a start. For a minute, she thought Vesper had launched an unexpected attack on them but when Leah burst through the door with urgency in he
