*** The morning sun spilled warm hues across the room as I tried to gather my thoughts from the cryptic conversation with Ryder the night before. His warning still echoed in my head, and I couldn’t ignore the fact that there might be a traitor in our midst. But who could it possibly be? Who would go out of their way to hurt the Shadowclaw pack? It just didn’t make any sense. Ethan was a good leader, and as far as I could tell, he was doing everything in his power to try and keep his pack safe. So who would want to go against him? I needed more information. I needed to figure out strategy to identify this traitor. Maybe if I could be the one to uncover their secret, then the pack would finally accept me as one of their own. Even after the ceremony, I didn’t feel as though I was truly

