The silence that followed Alpha Jackson's outburst was deafening as the elders took their seats silently one after another.
None of them moved or said anything afterward. They didn't so much as shift in their seats or draw a breath loud enough to be heard. The nine of them sat perfectly still, like culprits caught in the act.
Alpha Jackson stood at the head of the table, his chest rising and falling with controlled fury, his hands pressed flat against the table’s surface. The fury in his eyes now was palpable, the dark brown in them completely swallowed by the unmistakable glow that every wolf in the room recognized without needing to be told what it meant.
His wolf was right at the surface.
"How dare you!" His growl came out low, and they all knew that they didn't need a soothsayer t
