Chapter 17 “Not strong enough?” My Uncle Hawk was the first one to speak up, voicing the confusion that was at the forefront of everyone’s minds in the wake of the uber-alpha’s visit. “That’s a new one on me,” he continued. “The only shifter I’ve ever met who could even hold a candle to Wolfie was Chief Wilder in his prime.” For once, I was grateful that my father was still wandering the woods in lupine form because he would have been none too pleased to have his own strength assessed beneath that of my mate’s. Still, I could see heads nodding throughout the crowd, proving that both Wolfie’s original pack mates and my relatives were in full agreement on the issue. Our current alpha had found it simple to hold his own at All-Pack against every other clan head in the region, so being sneer

