"Don't bet on it. He changes the rules almost daily at this point. Something smells wrong on him." Then he eyed Tryson like he was measuring him for a suit. "If you're serious that you were deceived, if you really left out of concern for your people, not personal ambition, prove it."
"How?"
"You need to take Alpha back, Tryson . We are weak and vulnerable, the humans visit almost every week now—and sometimes they aren't even dealing with us!"
Tryson frowned. "What? What are they doing?"
"Who knows? We're not supposed to leave the village while they're here. They're researching something, they say. All I know is, enough of them are coming, and Lina keeps us isolated enough that we don't know how many humans are here—or what they're doing. Do you know he called us back from the hunt la
