POV: Cormac Brennan Location: Brennan Townhouse Time: Morning After Alliance The spy's report arrives at breakfast. I'm eating alone in Father's dining room when Marcus brings the document. "Alpha. Report from the Rookeries. About your brother." I take the report and read it while my food gets cold. Callum met with Isla Reid. The nurse I ordered turned eighteen months ago. They talked for an hour. Then she took him to her shelter. Showed him the packless wolves she's helping. They shook hands afterward. Alliance formed. Callum is now providing security for Isla's network. Three shelters. Seventy-four wolves. Growing organization of packless creatures. My brother is organizing the outcasts. Building something in the wasteland where he was supposed to disappear. Rage builds in my ch

