Chapter 31
The morning after my challenge match with Josie, I walked into the dining hall to find conversations stopping mid-sentence as I passed. Pack members glanced up from their meals with expressions I couldn't quite categorize—some curious, others wary, a few with what might have been newfound respect.
The pack had physically reorganized itself around me. Where once there had been subtle but consistent avoidance, now some wolves actively moved closer, while others maintained even greater distance than before. The neutral territory I'd occupied had vanished, replaced by invisible lines of alliance and suspicion.
Dominic appeared at my elbow as I collected breakfast, his expression was troubled. “Mind if I sit with you?”
I nodded, grateful for familiar company in the suddenly charg
