= Mikael =
By the time the last ledger was closed and the final reports were dismissed, my patience was hanging by a thread.
Being Alpha was never just about strength or dominance—any fool could bare their fangs and bark orders. No, it was this. Endless meetings. Disputes over borders that hadn’t shifted in decades. Patrol schedules, supply counts, discipline hearings, alliance negotiations. Every day was a quiet war fought with words instead of claws.
Today had been no different.
If anything, it had been worse.
Tomorrow night’s gathering loomed like a shadow at the back of my thoughts, and the pack planners had made sure I didn’t forget it for even a second. They’d cornered me the moment I stepped out of the council hall, scrolls and tablets in hand, voices overlapping as they sought
