164. Killian’s POV Like I had said, I wanted this matter with Gabriel to end so that I could go back to my wife and children. I did not want to stay here any longer than I had to. To make sure that that happened, I pushed Gabriel more than I even pushed the warriors in my pack during battle drills. First, we made sure that his secretary wrote the formal letters we needed to send to the members who used to be part of the ruling council and sent other messengers to get an oral message to all the able members of the pack. I wanted to make sure that by the end of that night, we would have resolved everything. Then I drove him into town and I wanted him to choose a gift that he knew the elders would love. “We love coffee but it is hard to get good coffee and we buy it in a town that is a

