Present Day
Ben’s POV
Someone approached from behind me, and a gentle hand squeezed my shoulder. I did not dare turn around as several lower-ranked wolves were snarling in a challenge and I was not sure if it was entirely directed at me, but I did not dare turn my gaze away from them if it was.
“ENOUGH.” Marcus’s command alone silenced everyone. You could hear a pin drop in the grass around us, “The council was unaware of this whole situation and would never have willingly allowed this to happen! We are partially to blame for not realizing the severity of the situation and helping take down this empire Lodi Stark was building. We are also investigating our own infiltrations inside the council in relation to all that has happened. In regard to Alpha Ben Stark, he has done no wrong in the
